It has been long time that I posted some news. Today I am going to write about On-line competition and my prize winning entries. Artshowforkids is a website which hosts online competition for kids and sells the works of child artists. I have been participating in this for the past one year and 3 of my paintings have won prizes.
My painting titled 'Climate Change' won the 1st prize. This is a digital drawing to convey message to reduce pollution. I recommend using eco-friendly fuel (made out of natural things, like bio-diesel etc) which will help reducing polluting smokes, thus reduce Global Warming.
My Painting titled 'Save Trees' also won 1st prize recently. This is also a digital drawing again on Global Warming. Cutting down trees contributes to Climate Change and thus affecting the rain fall, here I wish to request the man kind to save tress.
My other painting titled 'Mother and Child' for the theme 'A Greener Safer Planet' won 3rd prize. This is a feather-craft which has an image of a Happy Mother & Child living in a greener safer environment.
for more details you may check the Ended Public Art show column in www.artshowforkids.com.
I also wish to inform that on 8th july, 2009 my interview in Sun T.V was telecasted for a program 'Saadhikka pirandhom' (born to achieve). I will soon post it in you tube for you to watch.
Tiny Pixels is a digital art exhibition and is dedicated to revere the role of Technology in ART. The show consisted of paintings done in digital medium and printed using technology. Thiru P.C. Sreeram, ace Cinematographer & Director has kindly consented to be the chief guest for the occasion. Guest of Honors were director thiru. Pandiraj, Sriram and Kishore of Pasanga fame.
National Technology Day is a very special day for Indian science since 1999. It is so significant because India achieved a huge technological advancement on the day. The first, indigenous aircraft “Hansa-3” was test flown at Bangaloreon this day. Not only this, India also performed successful test firing of the Trishul missile on the same day. India also executed three successful nuclear tests, carried out at Pokhran, in Rajasthan May 11.
Online edition of India's National Newspaper Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Metro Plus Chennai
Virtual canvases
Eight-year-old Varuna showcases her digital art works
“Her works say a lot of things. It’s a whole new philosophy”. After asking S.Varuna about her influences, cinematographer P. C. Sreeram acknowledged that he has learnt a lot from the eight-year-old.
He inaugurated Varuna’s ninth exhibition (incidentally, on National Technology Day, May 11) “Tiny Pixel” at the Adyar Boat Club. Varuna showcased her skill in digital art as mediapersons and personalities from the film industry watched.
The young artist has used the techniques she applies in manual arts in these digital works.
Ask her about her works ‘Swimming butterfly’ or ‘House in the sky’ and she replies that “artists are dreamers. Everything that is impossible, we will make possible.”
She grew up with her father’s paintings and then committed herself artistically and even socially, to spread the message of peace.
CELINE LEMAIRE
Published in Chennai Times, Times Now on 18th May, 2009
Published in Indian Express on 14th May, 2009
Eight-and-a-half year old Varuna’s exhibition is a series of digital art pieces by the young artist SHE began at the age of two and a half and is now 8 exhibitions and 8 and a half years old; Varuna clearly has it in her genes. With an artist for a father and an encouraging mother, it is not so much surprise that the kid’s artistic streak has been honed and directed at a stage so early. Tiny Pixels, her latest solo exhibition was inaugurated at Boat Club on Monday by cinematographer P C Shriram.
The exhibition was a series of digital art pieces by the young artist. Also on display were the artists’ tools, a Mac, a graphics tablet and the Coral Paint software. Varuna took her seat and demonstrated the tools and let out the secrets of her trade. “She began painting early in her father’s studio and ever since we realised she needed the encouragement. She paints both manually and digitally”, says Kamala, Varuna’s mother.
“She also wants to try other technologies for the purpose of art”, she adds. The work is imaginative and to say the least, representative of a child’s world, where no real boundaries are kept to, where everything can be given wings and dreams don’t see a stop. There are also pieces with mosaic work and a few sketches using simple strokes like a Ganesha.
Varuna herself seemed quite delighted and proud of the collection she held for the display. Art it appears is close to her heart. “I paint whatever I am thinking. I usually spend at least an hour painting everyday”, she tells us. Sridhar, her father, himself says, “I have taught her the basic techniques, but I leave the rest to her and her imagination”.
