Shirish Deshpande gives the ballpoint pen a novel status
7:30 PM Posted by ukmad
Art for Shirish Deshpande is food for the soul. It encompasses his whole being, saturates the soul. Art inspires, illuminates, encourages, surprises, excites, provokes, calms, elevates emotionally as well as spiritually and connects soul to soul.
- Shirish Deshpande
Ballpoint pens are known to be the biggest spoilers of one’s handwriting, it is said. But after seeing this you will have to change that saying.
Shirish Deshpande from Belgaum can draw beautiful pictures on canvas using ballpoint pens. It is just amazing, the pictures speak to you and unless told you will not recognize they have been made by using a ballpoint pen.
In 2008, Shirish started painting again. One day, with his one-foot by-one-foot hardboard waiting, he readied to approach it with his brush but instead picked up a multi-colored ballpoint pen and started hatching. Several layers and one and-a-half day later, he finished his first ballpoint ‘painting.’ He was astonished with the result and got down to making four more.
- Contemplation 17"x13" Ballpen on Canvas
- Morning light at the door 24"x12" Ballpen on Canvas
- Neighbourhood 18"x18" Ballpen on Canvas
As an artist the process of creating the artwork is important to him but he refuses to accept the limitations imposed by rules. Shirish wants to work in all styles and delve through many subjects and then draw conclusions at his own pace. Right now, he “paints” with the ballpoint pen. Some may also call it a drawing or an illustration. It is not important what it is called. He has found that the simple ball pen with its fine line has a huge potential in allowing the artist to express his or her thoughts and emotions. Unlike painting with brush, where a single stroke can cover a large area with color, pen lines are very thin and there is a sense of creation at every stroke. It is very challenging to create innumerable tones by combining the limited available colors in ballpoint pens. He needs to draw millions of lines to make his painting come alive!
His subject matter deals with landscapes, portraits as well as stylizations. Light plays a very important role in creating the required drama to draw the viewer in to another world. It could be a rustic village home or then dancing crops against a dramatic skyline. Towering boulders astound him and sometimes a coy girl in all her innocence finds her way on to his canvas. He paints with the motive that he will finally achieve the result he initially had in his mind. Simple subject matter, good composition, boldness of forms, delicate line work and a little dramatization play a key role in the impact, on the viewer.
- The stone house 24"x24" Ballpen on Canvas
- Welcome 18"x18" Ballpen on Canvas
He did his schooling from Beynon Smith High School, Belgaum and then passed out with a G.D.Art in Applied Arts from Abhinav Kala Vidyalay, Pune. For about 27 years he has worked in the field of Communication Design and applied his creative talent in rendering a variety of art works for a number of clients which included Graphic design in all its variety, Architectural delineations, 3D models etc. He was also involved in creating some of the world's best software user interfaces at Deltra Software.
After years of designing for varied people, he concluded that he needed an outlet that would help him realize his creative potential in a more satisfying way. Art for Shirish like for many other people became the most meaningful part of life and a source of much fun and relaxation.
In the coming years, he hopes to venture in to every aspect of art and explore all its dimensions.
Questions as part of an interview:
1. When did you do your first paining?
Shirish -> In my school days.
2. What made you take up painting that too ball point pen.
Shirish -> To be different and unique among the rest of the artists.
- What makes you decide on a subject matter?
Shirish -> Anything that touches my heart through the eyes especially the effects of light.
- How often do paint and how much time does it take to complete one painting?
Shirish -> I paint almost everyday and a painting can take from one day to a month’s time depending on how the mood is and the complexity and the clarity of my idea of how the painting finally should look like...!
5. Do you plan to teach your art to others?
Shirish -> I would definitely love to, may be in the near future.
6. Do you think being in Belgaum is advantageous or otherwise?
Shirish -> it is both, advantageous, because of the calmness. Disadvantage is distance from bigger markets... but this can be overcome with Internet, email and traveling...
7. Narrate some interesting incident good or bad during your exhibitions?Shirish -> Good was I got a huge number of friends from young as well as elders of age up to 85. Bad was- some senior artists did not appreciate my boldness in introducing a very novel medium with tremendous mastery over that.
8. There is no art gallery in Belgaum, your thoughts on this.
Shirish -> Yes that shows we Belgaumites are yet to achieve a level of high cultured society.
9. Your thoughts on the upcoming talent in Belgaum how can one groom oneself being here.
Shirish -> It is very difficult to come up without exposure to the outside world. Hope young ones understand this and compare themselves with the best in the world.
10. What is the best thing about Belgaum you like?
Shirish -> Homeliness of the people.
11. What are your thoughts on this website?
Shirish -> you are doing a wonderful job. I hope you get a sustained energy of all sorts even in terms of revenues to make this site a big thing in the near future... I wish you all the best.
Shirish Deshpande, #199, Shivbasav Nagar, Sector-2, M.M.Extension,
Belgaum 590010.
http://www.shirishdeshpande.com/
http://picasaweb.google.co.in/askshirish/BallPointPenPaintingsByShirishDeshpande#
Rain dampens Ganesh visarjan
6:46 PM Posted by ukmad
The Ganesh Visarjan (idol immersion) of the sarvajanik mandals began on time but rain dampened everything. Heavy showers are still pouring down and turnout to see the procession is very less or the least I have seen until date. Untill 6.05 pm only 7 Ganesh Mandals had started from Hutatma Chowk.
Even tough in the rains the few mandals who made it into the procession had the youth with full of energy and the sounds of the drums, dhols and tasahs were echoing all round. Police were seen all over and this time they out numbered the lookers on.
As the evening goes by increasingly, mandals will join in and if the rain continues, then the usual festivities wont are seen.
Ganpati Bappa Morya, Pudchya Varshi Lavkar Ya.
All photos & Video: Team AAB
See Belgaum panthers on Saturday
10:14 AM Posted by ukmad
The KPL team of Belgaum, Belgaum panthers will be in city on Saturday 5thSeptember. Galli cricket has been organized as a part of the awareness program all across the city. 5 members each from the 21 member squad of the panthers will play Galli (street) cricket from 9 am to 11am at Deshmukh road, Shivaji Udyan, Kangral Galli, Gondhali Galli, mahadwar road.
Road show has been organized in the evening; it will begin from Kittur Chennamma circle then proceed to Kaktives, Khade bazaar, Samadevi Galli and end at Sardars ground where a special program has been organized.
Mysterious divider is back
10:13 AM Posted by ukmad
The mysterious divider is back in its original place, thanks to the members of the Rajiv Gandhi Brigade.
Members of the brigade on themselves replaced the stones of the divider and also put concrete and big stones and re-laid the divider.
One dies of swine flu affected persons now to 28
6:24 PM Posted by ukmad
One person who had died on 30-08-09 in a private hospital was suffering from kidney and lung problems whose swab test was taken on 29-08-09, today his result showed up that he had H1N1 virus.
The name of the deceased was declared late night as Dattatray Ramchandra Kulkarni (45) of Athani Police station. He sis survived by his wife, son and daughter.
This means the first death by swine flu in Belgaum.
Today 9 results were received from NIMHANS out of which 3 were found positive for H1N1 influenza virus. All the 3 are males. Two are from Belgaum city and one from Ramdurg.
With this the total persons affected by H1N1 virus has now risen to 28.
Congress road should be declared Accident zone
4:24 PM Posted by ukmad
Today at 2.05pm two motorcycles collided with each other injuring one seriously and two others.
The accident occurred near Arun Theatre on Congress Road (the cross road towards hotel Panchamrut). A motorcyclist coming in full speed from First gate towards military Mahadev collided with another motorcyclist who was coming wrong side on the same road trying to go towards first gate.
The police immediately came in and fortunately a Police jeep was passing by which took the injured to hospital. The 108 ambulance which was called in by on lookers came later.
Residents of the area demanded that speed breakers be put up near the side roads approaching the Congress road so that such accidents done take place. Similar accidents have take place many a times on the same road and most of the time they go unreported and hence nothing is done by the authorities, Santosh Purohit a local resident told this blog. There are as many as 8 cross roads on Congress road from Military Mahadev to first railway gate.
Commuters on Congress road normally are in full speed and suddenly when some vehicle comes in cross the road either they collide or skid after applying brakes urgently.
Fortress Belgaum for tomorrow
11:24 AM Posted by ukmad
Come public festivals and the city of Belgaum is made into a fortress. May it be Shiv Jayanti or Ganesh Idol immersion which is tomorrow September 3, security in the city has been tightened.
52 CCTV cameras will record the entire idol immersion procession from the control room at Khade Bazar Police station. SP Sonia Narang said they have taken preventative measure to maintain law and order during idol immersion and procession. Ten 10 KSRP and 15 DARP platoons, 200 police officers, 2,000 police personnel, 200 women constables and 200 Home Guards will keep vigil in the city. Liquor shops will shut from tomorrow morning and will open only on September 4 after 10 am.
The idol immersion procession in which 195 mandals will take part will start at 4pm from Hutatma Chowk, and will take the following route- Hutatma Chowk, Ramdev Galli, Samadevi Galli, Ramling Khind, Hemu Kalani Chowk, Tahshildar Galli and will end at Kapelishwar.
The BCC has also made elaborate arrangements at Kapelishwar where 2 cranes have been installed for faster idol immersion.
People travelling to Belgaum tomorrow in the evening will need to take diversions from the regular route as traffic will be closed towards Bogarves and will be diverted as usual from Camp.
Tomorrow’s weather forecast by IMD-
Rainfall (mm) 27
Max Temperature ( deg C) 25
Min Temperature ( deg C) 21
Total cloud cover (octa) 8
Max Relative Humidity (%) 97
Min Relative Humidity (%) 96
Wind speed (kmph) 024
Wind direction (deg) 250
25 H1N1 positives in Belgaum
7:43 PM Posted by ukmad
Today 14 results were received from NIMHANS out of which 6 were found to be positive with the H1N1 virus. This takes the total of patients affected with the H1N1 Influenza to 25 in Belgaum.
Out of the 6 detected today 3 are males and 3 females between the age group of 19 to 34 years. One is from Kolhapur, one from HHHukkeri Taluka, one from Raibag Taluka and other three from Belgaum city.
As of today 110 results have come in and another 85 results are still awaited.
Mysterious divider
10:37 AM Posted by ukmad
This is strange story of divider, which disappears as soon as the cops who replaced it went off.
- Yellow line marked shows the divider removed
The spot is between 2 and 3rd gate near the Shantesha Motors. The beginning of the story, there was a divider from second gate to Gogte’s house where there is a break in the divider to go to R C Nagar.
Recently with the blessings of a high profile, person the divider was removed from the spot. People complained that this will cause accidents and hence the divider was replaced. Again after sometime the divider were removed and this time speed breakers were put on the main roads near the spot.
A couple of days back the Traffic police took notice of the situation and decided to do away with the speed breakers and re install the divider, but as soon as the police went off the divider also. This is causing many hardships and can cause major accidents as trucks and heavy vehicles from Udyambag side pass from here.
Why the high profile person is interested in removing the divider so often is a mystery. Why does not the authorities take strict action against the ones who is removing the dividers?
No mobiles in colleges
8:04 AM Posted by ukmad
Karnataka government has banned the use of mobile phones in all government and aided first grade colleges under the Department of Collegiate Education (DCE).
Belgaum Panthers road show on Sept 5
7:52 AM Posted by ukmad
After getting the blessings from master blaster Sachin Tendulkar the Belgaum Panthers is all set for the KPL. The team will arrive in Belgaum on 4 September and a road show has been organized on 5 Sept.
The road show will start from Chennamma Circle and will take the following route- Chennamma circle, College road, Kirloaskar Road, Ramdev Galli, Samadevi Galli and will end at Union Gymkhana.
ITBelgaum’s Seminar presentations now available for download
6:32 PM Posted by ukmad
The ITBelgaum group launched its site ITBelgaum [http://www.itbelgaum.com]. The site has been designed dotCORD IT solutions.
The site will contain useful information for anyone seeking any information of IT and related areas. Dedicated pages have been made for Jobs, Discussions, Events, company information & many more will come up with time.
The first event by the special interest group ITBelgaum was organized on Saturday, 29th August 2009 at GIT Auditorium. The same was very well received by both the students and the faculty.
From day one of the formation of the group the need was felt to share knowledge with others, and taking this forward ITBelgaum group has been kind enough to upload the various presentations made at the vent for all.
Feedback received from the students was overwhelming and here is what they thought:
- 33% of the students attended the workshop for 'content' while 45% of them attended it for 'career orientation'.
- 51% of the audience was impressed by Swapneel while Dr.Ameet impressed 28% and RK impressed 21%.
- 65% of the audience was happy and satisfied with the workshop while 34% were not fully satisfied.
- 50% of the audience felt that emerging concepts and technologies demonstrated were the most beneficial aspects of the conference while 46% of them felt technologies demonstrate live were key.
- 20% of the audience wants more workshops on LAMP | Linux | Networking while 14% of them are interested in Web Development | Rich Internet Applications. 9% of the audience would be interested in Entrepreneurship | Soft Skills | Insight into Corporate India while another 9% subset would be interested in Hacking | Network Security followed by 8% in VLSI.
Introduction - R K Patil, Vayavya Labs Pvt. Ltd.
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Topic 1: Embedded Systems: Timing and Optimization – Dr.Ameet Patil, Spundhan Softwares
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Topic 2: Open Source Tools in an Enterprise: LAMP - Swapneel Patnekar, eth1 Network Solutions
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Swine flu now to 19
10:08 AM Posted by ukmad
Yesterday two children aged 9 & 10 were found positive with the H1N1 virus taking the total number of persons affected with this virus in Belgaum to 19.
Sachin launches Belgavi Panthers logo
4:42 PM Posted by ukmad
Sachin Tendulkar the Master blaster launched the logo and also the colours of the Belgavi Panthers Team for Karnataka Premier League (KPL).
J Arun Kumar, the former Karnataka Ranji team captain, in the first season.
"I want to wish Belgavi Panthers all the very best for the current season and enjoy the game. I know the captain J Arun Kumar who is going to invite a lot of lot of energy in the team. And I just want to wish Belgavi Panthers all the luck and make the most of this. So all the very best," said Sachin Tendulkar.
Source: Reuters
I have searched the web for the logo and pics did not find any, anyone got one please share.
17 persons now affected by swine flu in Belgaum
8:43 PM Posted by ukmad
Today out of the 7 results that came in from NIMHANS, 4 were found positive, which takes the total number of persons affected by the virus to 17 in the city.
