about me

The journey of understanding and making art will always be a continuous learning process for me. Improving existing skills, learning new ones and most of all growing with the practice, experiments and experience. We persevere in educating ourselves in areas that we feel passionately about. An interest in art crept back into my life and slowly grew to the point that now I devote a large part of my time to it.  It is something I look forward to everyday and enjoy immensely.  Maya documents the road traveled thus far.

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Profile
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People, their moods, expressions and emotions have been a source of wonder for Ujwala, and this is reflected in her work. Her portraits capture the subtlety of human emotions, and present with impact the personality of the subject.  Ujwala uses a variety of medium ranging from oil on canvas, charcoal on paper to the digital medium to convey her impressions.  Regardless of the medium, Ujwala’s focus remains fixed on the human figure.

Art is now an integral part of her life and she continues in her quest to experience and improve. Her stint with Apple has her hooked on the Mac, technology and gadgets. Ujwala hosts several blogs, three of which are devoted to art. You can find her work online on Maya, her portfolio blog.

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Group Shows:

“Friends & Faces“,  a Two Women Show, March 16th - 31st, 2008, Dhaka, Bangladesh .

SHAKO Group exhibition to mark International Womens Day, March 7 & 8th, 2008, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

UNWA Juried Auction, December 7, 2007, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Education:

Art

Creative Drawing & Art Appreciation with Javed Jalil, Dhaka, Nov 2007.

Life Drawing with Kuhu Plamondon, Dhaka, June 2007

Painting from Life, Portraiture, Composition, Color with Mary Beth McKenzie, The Art Students League New York, New York, July 2006

Audited the BFA Painting & Sculpture programs, College of Art, New Delhi, 2005-06

Art Classes with Ebenezer Sunder Singh, Sangeet Shyamala, New Delhi, Feb –Apr 2005

General

Business Management, Marketing and Finance, XLRI, Jamshedpur, 1987-89

49 Responses to “about me”

  1. Christina Wilson, on September 15th, 2006 at 5:34 pm Said:

    Thank you for the nice comments that you left for me. Just curious, how did you find my site?

  2. Ujwala, on September 15th, 2006 at 7:13 pm Said:

    You are very welcome :D Your site is listed in Art Journey’s Blogroll (http://mariesartjourney.blogspot.com/)

  3. shashi, on September 15th, 2006 at 8:57 pm Said:

    Nice collection!!!

    Its good idea to collect all the drawings and paintings at one place so that others can appreciate you work…I perticularly like you pen drawings….Keep up this good work.

  4. Ujwala, on September 15th, 2006 at 9:30 pm Said:

    Thank Shashi and that’s a great site you got out there on Bollywood :D

  5. Christina, on September 16th, 2006 at 7:15 am Said:

    If you don’t mind, I’d like to add a link on my site to your blog.

  6. Ujwala, on September 16th, 2006 at 3:57 pm Said:

    I don’t mind at all :D Thank you!

  7. Mayank, on November 19th, 2006 at 1:56 am Said:

    Hi there , i just found out your site by chance, just surfing the web and then i read your bio. The thing is i am also very interested in sketching and painting, however i havnt done anything about it. Now i am trying ways to get started on learing both of em. so i was wondering if you cd spare some time out and help me get on my way. what i am looking for is some resources/classes to start with as i have absolutely no idea how to begin. Your help will be very appreciated. do help if you can.i live in delhi. and you do have my email. please respond if can. and keep up the good work.

  8. Ujwala, on November 19th, 2006 at 8:16 pm Said:

    My reply to Mayank - in case there are others out there who want to start too :P
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    Mayank,

    I know the feeling :D A good place to start would be the WetCanvas Classroom forum.

    First have a look at the Learning Centre
    http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=227
    and start the lessons listed in the Classroom
    http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=335
    and once you start posting your efforts you’ll find helpful artists dropping by, leaving comments and if you ask, giving you suggestions.

    My interests lie in making portraits and figure drawing and so the links on this site are skewed towards this. You can check out my blog at
    http://blogschmlog.blogspot.com/
    You’ll find references of books with drawing exercises online which you could do and also links to the entire loomis collection which is out of print.

    I hope this helps you start.

    Happy Drawing!
    Ujwala

  9. Carolle, on December 1st, 2006 at 11:51 pm Said:

    Hello Ujwala
    I am taking the time at last to come and see your blog. It is plentyful, I do not know how to start :D Your work is so great and I am going to come often to have a look at it. It’s just wonderful! I have moved to another country and the past months have been really busy. But now it’s more peaceful once again :D. I cannot wait to start painting again. All my art material has still to come yet if a sea tempest does not prevent it to reach the dry land :D.
    Have a great day!
    Carolle :D

  10. Mithi, on December 7th, 2006 at 8:12 pm Said:

    Hi again Ujwala.

    I’ve been pottering round your blogs and realised that you’d tagged several of your entries “Dhaka”. I was curious as to why. My parents are Bangladeshi and I was born there, but they moved to Malaysia when I was bout 6 months old - so Dhaka is not home, but more a place where all my relatives are.

    Good luck with your art!

  11. Ujwala, on December 7th, 2006 at 8:24 pm Said:

    Hi Mithi, we moved to Dhaka in March this year which is why you see references to it in some entries. Have you been here for a visit? hope that ankle is doing better already.

  12. Mithi, on December 8th, 2006 at 4:00 am Said:

    Ankle swelling is down, but still can’t walk on it :( Now that I’m settled in London, I tend to spend my holidays in Malaysia with my parents, rather than in Dhaka. I used to go to Dhaka a lot when I was younger and my mum’s parents were still alive, but I only have one living grandparent left now, who is with my uncle in Canada, and most of the rest of the family that I’m close to are also spread out over USA, Canada, Australia and UK - not much reason for me to visit Dhaka anymore. Last time I went I think was 1998-ish. Hope you’re having an interesting time there!

  13. Jarrette, on January 20th, 2007 at 10:39 pm Said:

    love your work…
    Please consider posting your work in our online artists network

    We actualy have two sites that are catered to artists

    http://www.mastersofthearts.com
    and
    http://www.onlineartistsnetwork.com

    all under the unbrila of
    http://www.godesigngroup.com

    Check us our and we look forward to seeing you become apart of our online artists community

  14. Ujwala, on January 21st, 2007 at 12:40 am Said:

    thank you very much Jarette. i will certainly put up some work once i head back home from this holiday.

  15. Sunil, on March 7th, 2007 at 2:01 am Said:

    Maya,
    I just ran into your blog and was very excited on reading the contents. Liked a lot of your works and will keep coming back for more…
    Sunil

  16. Ujwala, on March 7th, 2007 at 10:00 am Said:

    Hi Sunil,

    Thanks for all the lovely comments. I have been to your blog before. I think it was from a comment on the Art & Perception blog. I had enjoyed looking at your work. I dont know how you make the time.

    Ujwala ( Maya is the name of the blog - sorry for the confusion )

  17. alka, on March 19th, 2007 at 8:25 pm Said:

    Hi Ujji,
    Is that you from LDK ,Pune…

  18. Ujwala, on March 19th, 2007 at 8:34 pm Said:

    yup :D

  19. lmdalton, on April 20th, 2007 at 1:15 am Said:

    Cool site. I just recently made time for my art interests again too and am doing a lot of documentation in the form of a zine. I do like the idea of posting more work on the blog though…something to do this weekend. Take care.

  20. Ujwala, on April 20th, 2007 at 9:18 pm Said:

    Thank you lmdalton. I’m hoping to ramp up and do more work soon.

  21. Mona, on May 24th, 2007 at 7:37 am Said:

    You are very good worker. Your different paintings are amazing. They are beautiful. :)

  22. beth, on June 17th, 2007 at 12:16 am Said:

    Sovek died unexpectedly june 8th see his website

  23. vasanti, on June 27th, 2007 at 10:34 am Said:

    Hi! Ujwala,
    I’d looooove to have a blog like you! Im an artist who love to paint and draw. I enjoy Watercolor and charcoal sketches. How do I go about doing this? Id love to have one like yours! Please please help! I live in Bangalore since the last one year. I just returned from The US

    Thanks a bunch!
    Vasanti

  24. Ujwala, on July 9th, 2007 at 11:50 pm Said:

    hi vasanti, hope you’ve got the email i sent you earlier else just holler and I’ll resend.

  25. billsharp, on August 5th, 2007 at 10:51 am Said:

    You have a beautiful and enthusiastic blog. I really enjoy my vists. Thank you for listing me on your blogroll I’d like to add you to mine as well.

    Best wishes,
    Bill

  26. Ujwala, on August 9th, 2007 at 11:54 am Said:

    Thank you Bill for listing me on your site. :D

  27. Ermiyas, on August 22nd, 2007 at 9:43 pm Said:

    Ujwala, I must body of works seems to show originality and merits my applaud.

  28. Ujwala, on August 24th, 2007 at 6:55 pm Said:

    Thank you very much Ermiyas.

  29. cati, on September 3rd, 2007 at 8:51 pm Said:

    Hi, I love to check in and see the work you have been doing. Amazinf. I am still setting up my blog (which you were one of my first visitors thank you) and I have linked you if that is ok? New to this so not sure of the protocol for linking.

  30. Atul Chugh, on October 3rd, 2007 at 9:49 am Said:

    Was a junior at XL in 88. Not sure you remember me, but I do (you were our mascot for Hitachi (?) House. Great to see you following your dreams. All the best

    Chugh

  31. R.Shantaram, on October 3rd, 2007 at 1:37 pm Said:

    Hi Ujwala,

    Got here - don’t know how! A sudden long weekend led to much following of links…. but having got here, am glad I did!

    Great stuff, and all the more wonderful because I can’t remember you doing anything like this. Will visit often, for sure!!

    Cheers,
    Shantaram
    IR 90

  32. Ujwala, on October 3rd, 2007 at 2:41 pm Said:

    Thank you Chugh and Shanta :D I’m enjoying this more than anything else that I did before. Glad you found the blog and I hope you will continue to stop by.

  33. Kim Larsen, on November 25th, 2007 at 7:50 pm Said:

    Hello -

    I would like to invite you to join in on a little portrait-drawing-fun … please drop by here: http://www.udgang99.dk/pdm

    The site is just starting out, but it’s looking promising already, I think!

    Kim Larsen
    udgang99@gmail.com

  34. benedictedelachanal, on December 13th, 2007 at 9:43 pm Said:

    I found your blog this morning with the “tag surfing”
    Your work is beautiful, and versatile, your good in many different mediums. I particularly like your portraits, you capture the feel of each person.
    It is 2 years now that I try to draw live models, I appreciate your skills…I’d like to start portraits, you give me inspiration to try,
    I have bookmarked your blog,
    I started a blog in October to “hang” my drawings and have found such an interesting community , resources and inspiration,
    I dont really know the” blog etiquette”, it is all new to me, but I am at:
    http://bendelachanal.wordpress.com
    Bénédicte

  35. Ujwala, on December 16th, 2007 at 9:18 pm Said:

    Thank you Bénédicte :D I hope you wont mind but i’ve corrected the links in the comment above to lead to your blog which is lovely. Most of the portraits on my blog are from photo references unless specified otherwise. Getting people to pose isnt easy :P Look forward to seeing you here more often.

  36. sp, on December 28th, 2007 at 10:09 pm Said:

    Can you pls let me know your mail id? Would like to ask you a few queries :-)

    Thanks.

  37. vasanti, on December 30th, 2007 at 2:56 pm Said:

    Hi! Ujwala,
    I did not get your email as replied by you in this blog!
    I truly want to have my own blog and paint paint paint!! Please write to me at my email add. Also are you familliar with Bangalore? I live here and want to get into an Art group.
    Thanks a Bunch!
    Vasanti

  38. Ujwala, on December 30th, 2007 at 11:42 pm Said:

    Hi Vasanti, I’ve forwarded the message I had originally sent to you on July 8th. Please check your Spam/Junk folder if you dont see it in your Inbox. I am a bit familiar with Bangalore however, I do not know of any Art Groups there. A visit to the Chitrakala Parishad should give you some leads. All the best with starting a new art blog and Happy New Year!

  39. Ganesh Shenoy, on January 17th, 2008 at 12:55 pm Said:

    Nice art blog!!! after going through your blog, this has inspired me to start one art blog of mine… truly inspiring…art work… keep the good work….will keep visiting the blog…for future updates…

  40. abhishek arora, on January 22nd, 2008 at 8:56 pm Said:

    Ujwala,

    Hi! Wanted to ask you if i could use the images of your pics on either my website or blog with a back link to ur site - of course!

    They are beautiful & it would provide you with a few back links and your work will get some more exposure.
    Let me know by email !

    Thanks.

  41. pria, on January 30th, 2008 at 3:44 pm Said:

    Hi,

    Just came across when I jumped into bloghop and your art work stunned me. Amazing and and beautiful.

  42. SpaceMonkey, on February 1st, 2008 at 8:30 pm Said:

    Love the portraits. Good work.

  43. jerry waese, on March 2nd, 2008 at 4:38 am Said:

    I think what you are doing is great!

  44. Ujwala, on March 2nd, 2008 at 3:50 pm Said:

    Thank you :D

  45. Kay, on March 29th, 2008 at 12:07 pm Said:

    Hello,

    I was by your website this evening and thought I’d invite you post your blog at Her Blog Directory.

    Our goal is to be the largest directory of female blog writers by June and we’d love to share your blog with others.

    If you have any questions feel free to contact us.

    Best wishes,
    Kay
    http://www.herblogdirectory.com

  46. Ujwala, on April 7th, 2008 at 11:55 pm Said:

    Thanks Kay. I will certainly sign up :D

  47. madhavi thirani, on April 19th, 2008 at 1:37 pm Said:

    hello ujji
    I really love your paintings….and this blog.Bit lost in it,will find my way around it…but its really wow.
    maddy

  48. Ujwala, on April 19th, 2008 at 9:28 pm Said:

    thank you maddy :D really happy to see you here. navigating the blog is difficult. have to see how to make it friendlier.

  49. Aminul Islam, on May 2nd, 2008 at 10:27 am Said:

    Why you’ve been very irregular in writing?

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