Damodar Gurjar

India

Born 1958

Damodar Lal Gurjar of Jaipur, India, is influenced by the traditional school of painting from the desert state of Rajasthan, but his technique is a blend of the traditional and contemporary. He is one of India's leading botanical artists and favours super-realism. Born in 1958 and educated at the Rajasthan School of Art, Gurjar has made his career as a freelance artist painting private commissions in watercolour, gouache and tempera. He drew inspiration for his paintings from native gardens and crop fields. He is particularly drawn to botanical specimens that are rich in colour and have intricate textures and structures.