Dilip Datta: World View in Paint

SummaryBefore moving to New Zealand artist Dilip Datta was living in London and working as a civil engineer. In 2009 he was offered a job in New Zealand and decided to emigrate. Main BodyLooking wrong? Archived here.
Dilip started drawing in pencil at an early age and moved into the medium of oils in 1994.
Painting and photography have been two consuming interests that he has enjoyed since childhood.
“I often get inspiration from the photos I have taken. For me photography and painting are two art forms that go hand in hand.
“When I left England I brought my paintings with me and was pleased to find so many enthusiastic, like-minded artists and sculptors here in Tauranga.
“There are so many creative and talented people living here,” says Dilip.
Dilip painting in his home studio.
Dilip's artwork expresses his world view, issues he cares deeply about and he likes to create pieces that are thought-provoking.
“I have always had a great fondness for symbolism.
“Some of my pieces aim to highlight the ongoing harm being done to planet Earth by big industrialists and the folly of depending on cheap oil.
“I believe that unless we make huge changes a major global event, probably financial chaos followed by social chaos, will return the developed countries to the dark ages,” says Dilip.
Dilip's painting about the present monetary crisis in Europe titled 'Euro-Boom'.
The painting 'Euro-Boom', completed in 2011, is a reference to the dire financial situation that many people in Europe and other parts of the developed world are experiencing at the moment. This isn't the kind of boom we generally think about in an economic sense.
Dilip expands on the meaning behind the painting by saying, “The fear of being unemployed in Europe is something that many Europeans are living with every day.
“Any chance of an improvement in the situation is in the hands of the politicians and the bankers.
“The title was inspired by French President Nicolas Sarkozy who said 'If the Euro explodes then Europe explodes'.
Enviromental themes and issues are also explored in Dilip's paintings.
In one compelling work that serves as a climate change warning, penguins can be seen in a desert surveying their former environment that has changed into an inhospitable parched landscape.
I look forward to seeing more of this artist's thoughtful paintings in 2012.
You can browse some of Dilip's other works at www.runningthings.co.ukand contact him atrunningthings@hotmail.com
by Pete Morris (21 December 2011).
Pete Morris is an occasional painter and an art lover. He is a freelance writer who has a particular interest in promoting the visual arts in Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty.

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Euro-Boom by Dilip Datta

Dilip Datta painting in his home studio

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