Ranthambore Wildlife Art by M D Rarashar Size - 30x45

Seeing wildlife all around Parashar always had the desire to paint wildlife….to be a wildlife artist…. perhaps he will never know, but when he is painting, then nothing else exists. He is right back at the scene where he first saw my subject. It’s almost as if time stands still as I relive my memories through painting….

Buying or viewing Parashar’s Art

Perhaps you would like a special piece of artwork to remind you of an experience or as a gift for someone with a particular interest. Please get in touch to discuss any ideas that you have or to buy one of the artists painting. We regret that the artist do not undertake any commissions of domestic animals or human portraits.

Parashar also shares the creative process with his clients. Clients can follow the progress of their commission on-line through Del Info Art. We update our page with the work in progress and the clients are sent an email whenever the page has an updated camera shot of their commissioned artwork. This idea is proving very popular and saving or printing the images of the developing painting from web page adds a little extra to the provenance of the finished painting.

Clients sometimes ask Parashar if he could contact them if I ever he produces a painting of a particular bird, animal or location. Please feel free to get in touch with your special requests. We can not make any promises but if at a later date he generates any suitable work we’ll get in touch.

Held last month, at the Turf Club in Mumbai, the cars were shipped in from different parts of the country and were judged by an array of international automotive experts and celebrities. Each of the 59 cars that were present had a story to tell, that too, a unique Indian tale. So it would have been pretty difficult for the judges as well to choose a few winners from amongst the thoroughbreds. But they managed and here is the list of winners of the key awards:
Best Of Show: 1939 Delahaye 135 MS owned by Maharaj Duleep Singhji of Jodhpur
Best of Class – Classic
I. 1924 Rolls-Royce 20HP owned by Shriji Arvind Singhji of Mewar
II. 1935 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental owned by Amir Ali Jetha of Mumbai
III. 1930 Lancia Dilambda owned by Hemant Kumar Ruia of Mumbai
Post-War Classic – 1946 to 1959: 1952 Cadillac Series 62 owned by Diljeet Titus of New Delhi
Roadster–Convertibles from 1936 to 1946: 1949 Healey-Westland owned by P P Asher of Mumbai
Exotic (Special, unique or rebodied cars): 1923 Rolls-Royce 20HP owned by Dharmaditya Patnaik of Bhubaneshwar

India banned hunting more than two decades ago. With “NO” hunting a common man (specially our friends abroad) would expect our jungles to be full of wildlife.

Unfortunately this is not the case. My personal opinion is that a hunter is not a person who kills for fun. On the contrary he protects his hunting grounds.Why does he protect his hunting grounds? Because he loves to be there and also to enable him to hunt longer.I will give you an example. In olden days when Shikar was legal in India , one had to book a “block” within the range . Once you had booked it NO one else was allowed to hunt there. If some one was found roaming around in the area with a weapon it was considered an offence. By legalising hunting ……the poacher was kept at bay. Plus the hunter had his “ethics” to go by . The result ……wildlife flourished.

People may excuse me but the Fact is that an old “Shikari” can tell you more about the animals in the wild than a Forest Official (today) can. For the simple reason that while the Shikari is passionate about his “subject” the official looks at it as his “job”.

Here are some rare pictures from the time of the ‘Raj’

We should all be grateful to the digital age as these pictures are now preserved for ever for every one to see and enjoy instead of being stored in someones personal album in some corner of the world and would surely have been lost for ever, once its passed into the hands of someone who has no passion for hunting or its history.

I am a fan of Jim Corbet and his lessons. He had a passion for the animals and Indian forests and the people around the forest.

Let’s follow them and save the jungle and its animals.

Water Color on Paper

You may join her group on Facebook and see her works. Observe how she strives to capture the moods and “emotions” of animals, as well as the ambience. – http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/group.php?gid=71473654828