User:Gopal jayaraman

Gopal j journey with art began when he was seventeen years of age. Being the last born in his family, He have had to travel widely and this exposed him to a lot of experiences. He got his turning point in the field of art in 1988 when he path crossed that of artist Dr.Sirpi. Jayaraman who continues to be his great teacher and mentor. His love and hard work for art became his inspiration and this coupled with the encouragement He received from the friends he met and the support he got from his family greatly influenced the path that he continue to tread even today. He find this a fulfilling experience in which the joy that he get from art is immeasurable. As thus, He have learnt to ‘live’ art in all aspects of his life.

After completion of his Fine art college study, he was employed as a conservator and my duty involved travelling to many spiritual places such as temples, palaces, churches, and masques to see the beauty of the architecture and to preserve historical paintings.He also wanted to get inspiration for his art works. It was in one of these trips in Tamilnadu that he met a devotee of the great Yogi Vallalar “Sadhu. Sivaraman” in 1999. That was to become his spiritual break and influenced the way he looked at life.

He is habituated by reading and travelling. His favourite writer in Tamil is Jeyamohan,inspires and motivates for Gopal j journey. He says "Life is a journey and it is full of secrets waiting to be explored". He define life as a chain of activities that are correlated and coherent. If we managed to explore the secrets of life and nature, then we would always achieve an inexplicable link with spirituality. This would then enable us to live in art and harmony with all the communities that we live in.

Art can be a driving force towards achieving total happiness. It is an endless journey that when one embraces, they can find total fulfillment. This is a journey that in which he always try to find philosophical reasons for everything that he have gone through in life. He then translate all his life experiences into art. His art also portrays the way people live, human expressions and expectations, people’s spiritual journeys and their relationship with nature.

His paintings and drawings were made when he experienced different forms of emotions, ranging from total elation and extreme sorrow. His experiment in art is trying to touch the soul gently with the peacock’s feather through art so we may live a wholly art life. It is the journey in which he continue to search the emptiness and silence within himself. he has exhibited his art works in several countries includes in India, Africa and europe. He has received several awards in the field of art. At present he is in Botswana (Africa).