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Mark Briscoe studied the art of traditional Indian miniature
painting in the city of Udaipur, situated in the Northern Indian
state of Rajasthan.
He studied under the guidance of R. K. Sharma; a renowned
miniaturist living in Udaipur who taught him the fundamental
techniques of Indian painting. After spending many months learning
with Sharma, Briscoe went on to develop some highly original
techniques of his own that have a dazzling effect and lend
themselves perfectly to the classical themes of Indian art.
He has worked on a number of prestigious projects including some
murals in the Juhu beach residence of Rajesh Shah, the owner of
Mukand steel in Bombay. He also spent some time working on several
projects at the palatial Poona residence of Sri Mataji Nirmala Devi.
There he painted some more murals and a very large ceiling painting
in one of the main halls displaying a colourful floral network of
spiralling arabesques, a project which took several months with a
large team of artists.
In 1998 he was commissioned some works for Lord Swaraj Paul who, as
Guest of honour, opened Briscoe's exhibition at the Nehru Centre in
Mayfair, London. It was organised by Ramola Bachchan, the
sister-in-law of the Indian Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan,
she has organised several exhibitions of his work through her
Knightsbridge based company RB Promotions. Briscoe's works may today
be found in private art collections throughout the world.
The Indian paintings of Mark
Drake-Briscoe are in the style of kangra valley, kishangar, mughal (
mugal ) Rajasthani art of India. Fine art from India. |
