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Painter and sculptor
Raqesh Vashisht, last seen in Qubool Hai,is now pursuing his creativity in a different form. The actor has just finished a series of paintings and is all set to hold his first solo exhibition titled Contradictions next week. "I started painting since I was a child and had won the National Award when I was in 10th grade. However, I never took it seriously as life set me on a different course," he says. Now, he is back to his first passion. "I don't know how I kept it aside. I have realised I can't live without it. Painting is like a spiritual journey for me, it's a cosmic feeling," says Raqesh. Besides painting, the actor also loves making sculptures. For several years now, he has been making his own Ganesha idols. He gifts them to his close friends and family. The actor, who hails from Pune, learned the art from the caretaker of a temple near his house. "I would be mesmerised by the way the caretaker would create idols. He would take the mud available on the riverbed, and makethe idol without using moulds. When I asked him how he did it, he would say just start playing with it and it will happen on its own," recalls Raqesh. When he tried to make it himself, to his utter surpriseRaqesh found that he had managedto create a good one in his first attempt. "I am a good sculptor than a painter and am planning to go South of France to do a course. I want to learn moulding in bronze and other metals as that can't be replicated," he says.
Raqesh Vashisht, last seen in Qubool Hai,is now pursuing his creativity in a different form. The actor has just finished a series of paintings and is all set to hold his first solo exhibition titled Contradictions next week. "I started painting since I was a child and had won the National Award when I was in 10th grade. However, I never took it seriously as life set me on a different course," he says. Now, he is back to his first passion. "I don't know how I kept it aside. I have realised I can't live without it. Painting is like a spiritual journey for me, it's a cosmic feeling," says Raqesh. Besides painting, the actor also loves making sculptures. For several years now, he has been making his own Ganesha idols. He gifts them to his close friends and family. The actor, who hails from Pune, learned the art from the caretaker of a temple near his house. "I would be mesmerised by the way the caretaker would create idols. He would take the mud available on the riverbed, and makethe idol without using moulds. When I asked him how he did it, he would say just start playing with it and it will happen on its own," recalls Raqesh. When he tried to make it himself, to his utter surpriseRaqesh found that he had managedto create a good one in his first attempt. "I am a good sculptor than a painter and am planning to go South of France to do a course. I want to learn moulding in bronze and other metals as that can't be replicated," he says.
Ganesh Kartikeya
