Belagavi painter gets featured in French book
A Belagavi-based 60-year-old painter has been featured in 'Regards Croises', a French book by Petra Wauters, about artists of global fame.
The recently-published book contains information and paintings of 10 select painters from around the world. It contains a detailed profile of the painter and copies of some of his works. It will soon be published in other languages, said a release.
Vikas Patnekar has earned global fame for his paintings of nature, especially water bodies.
A student of Kala Maharshi K.B. Kulkarni, Mr. Patnekar began drawing from the age of five. He works using water colours.
He won the Los Hombres Más Destacados Del Ano international award in 2019. He has exhibited his creations in the U.S. and European countries, apart from several Asian cities.
He has taken up commissioned works by film-maker Richard Attenborough and various U.S. and European banks and other institutions. He trains young artists. He divides his time between Belagavi and Mumbai.
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