About the artist

Born in Ranchi in India, as far as I remember, I have always been painting. I started to paint at the age of 3, I used to depict my dreams. I wanted to illustrate what I could hardly describe with words. I used to have a strange sense of abstractism.

As a child of course I had no respect for forms and figures because they were an obstruction to my expression that was itself like an unclear image or sensation which I could only feel. Then, I found a deep connection with colours and strange patterns that I could relate.

Each time I touched a red or a blue I thought "Oh yes, it was like that in my dreams."

In this singular quest of myself I have every time used a new medium : acrylic, oil,watercolor or pastels, like if I was expecting that every medium would reveal something new to me.

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Mostly self taught, I've also studied art in Paris. Inspired by the old masters and many contemporary artists, my art also reflects my deep dedication for opera that I studied in India and France.

Like walking on a pallet -
"Imagine that you are walking on a painting pallet, and on your way you see at your feet certain colour in front of you that would be like a specific emotion, a singular emotion, and you decide suddenly to handle your brush that you dip in this coloured puddle, you start to paint what you feel in the sky, all around you.
Then you carry on your way and meet another colour. So imagine when multiple colour mix together, love or fight with each other for the happiness of the art."

It is the way Ashwin Sahay explains how he illustrates what represents the art of painting for him.