Browsing Tag: Artist

For me, belief is like a compass. When your beliefs are strong and initiate your action, anything can be accomplished, and the obstacles of life can be overcome.

This week's installment in our series of stories featuring young Sikh artists whose work you may not have seen, throws the spotlight on Iminder Singh who hails from Bradford in the United Kingdom. His beautiful and uplifting artwork is inspired by Gurbani.

The first time I realized that the true image of the Guru is not a painting of a person; I removed all the paintings from my wall. I had realized that the true image of the Guru is the truth behind the Guru’s Sabad. My husband was furious. I told him these pictures were not motivating us, and he asked me what we will replace them with...

You may never have seen the work of one of the best young Sikh artists in the world. From Ludiana comes a bright star in the firmament of Sikh art. Sharanjeet Singh's world captures a world of emotion and depth in each of his many projects. He is not only talented, but extremely prolific as well.

I recently learned about an up and coming young Sikh American musician and songwriter named Raveena Aurora, who just released a four-song demo entitled “Fools” this week. Listening to her original music and her vocal stylings, it’s hard to believe she just graduated high school this past spring.

"I am a very simple artist who speaks in the language of pigments." This modest refrain of artist Paramjit Singh may not throw light on his eminence or the significance of his masterly strokes and splendid landscapes. But nothing can cloud the fact that the visual vocabulary...

At every point in my life I have always chosen to challenge myself and take a different path in life. The way forward, if not certain, has always been a fascinating journey and it is with God’s grace that I have had the freedom to experience many different paths.

The photographs that document the artist Gauri Gill's visit to Kabul in 2007 suggest a city that has been left for dead. In black and white, her shots are almost devoid of people: we see an illustrious library greying with dust, a bombed-in palace and a line of cattle seeming to approach its once-grand entrance. Anonymous hands grasp at the cages of the city's Ka Furushi bird market, as groups of tiny canaries whirr in a startled flapping of wings.

Kamaljeet calls her pieces 'a work of meditation.' “It is not a skill that can just be applied at any time. The words, the strokes flow through me and only then can I pick up the brush. Such a work then comes through as something that gives peace to the viewer,” she says.

The Sunder Arts Team is a group of young sikh artists, who are very unique in their own individual fields of Art, Music, Animation and Apparel. Their ideas and projects are very innovative and fresh.

The oil paintings below are the work of Jaswant Singh Zafar. He’s a poet, photographer, and painter in his free time and an engineer in Ludhiana by day.

Gurleen Kaur is an artist of the soul and spirituality. She expresses herself through painting and Music. She is from the rare breed of artists who can express with great depth in both Painting and Music.

Mumbai artist Arshdeep Singh has received appreciation letters from PM. Manmohan Singh, President Prathibha Patil, former president Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and former president George Bush among others

"It's always fascinating to pick up empty canvas and start combining strokes, colors and thoughts".

Harimandir Khalsa is a full-time professional artist who paints murals and creates unique works of art on canvas. This is her story