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Oct 18 2012

The Art of Sanjay Patel ‘Returns’

He’s back…. Sanjay Patel is back with a new book and some new illustrations to crave for… “Ganesha‘s Sweet Tooth” – aptly titled, the book is available here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1452103623

Continuing his earlier theme on Indian mythology, Sanjay’s new book ~~talks about~~ illustrates Ganesha beautifully…. check the book cover at the bottom of this page… and he is out ~~promoting~~ discussing the book at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. So if you around SFO, do make it there and hear him out loud:

event link: http://events.kqed.org/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=23955&year=2012&month=10

and if you missed… Sanjay Patel is an illustrator with Pixar and has 2 other books under his sleeves with illustrations on many Indian mythology figures (not all, obviously)… read more about him and his work here: The Art of Sanjay Patel

pic from amazon

Ganesha’s Sweet Tooth: Sanjay Patel & Emily Haynes (jkrbooks.typepad.com)
Ganesha’s Sweet Tooth (designofthepicturebook.com)

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Tagged asian art museum, Ganesha, Hindu Deities, Illustration, San Francisco, sanjay patel, Sweet Tooth

Mar 17 2012

Art Series Wrapup

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Feb 25 2012

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The Art of Sanjay Patel

Have been mesmerised by vintage illustrations for quite some time (Peter Irwin, Frank McIntosh, and old school travel posters), I began to yearn for more. Illustrations I reviewed in past ran around a similar theme: hand drawn illustrations, heavy in their use of colours, subjects which are either events or places or stereotypes.

And then I began thinking, how would the new-age illustrations be. With all the computing power and tools at disposal, how would today’s artists approach a subject? The answer lies in vector images by a fellow desi.

Sanjay Patel – Illustrator – Pixar

Having worked at Pixar, Sanjay brings new perspective to illustrations on the table. His illustrations are somewhat inspired by Japanese school of animation. Saying his creations are out-of-the-box, gorgeous and stunning would be an understatement. I am sure you have seen his works in the past. He was on board (literally) for many Pixar movies like Ratatouille. His subjects in recent books and exhibitioins, just like his drawings, are unique – Hindu Deities. And definitely not the kind we see on Indian roads.

Do visit his website: www.gheehappy.com (you know like be happy, but with desi ghee)

He has many books under his sleeves, buy one today. It’s a treasure and is cheaper in India: flipkart.

The Little Book of Hindu Deities

Need I say anymore? The book is a wonderful composition of all
many famous Hindu Gods and Goddess (after all Hindu’s have 36000000 gods). A primer on Hinduism, it’s a good read to start on Hindu mythology.

Garud