for ravi chandran his biggest inspiration for taking up art as a profession was his father senior artist vedachalam in fact the artist claims his father has been instrumental for him creating a series of work that is on display in the city ravi chandran who has earlier worked on film banners and advertising campaigns says my fathers works have always been vibrant full of life and straight to the point he is my role model and its because of him that i chose to pursue art as a career he taught me the nuances of painting and its because of him that i concentrate more on figuratives ravi has put on display a series of paintings that reflect life and culture in a village he elaborates though my imagination helps me in creating a piece i also rely on photographs of real places and people that i click i venture out to different locations observe people and their lifestyles capture them on camera and then use the photograph as a basis for an art piece he adds its taken me three months to complete this series and ive already displayed these works in bangalore and mysore earlier the works are done using oil and acrylics and are realistic ive concentrated on villagefolk and their way of life though i do abstracts its the figuratives that drive me i can convey what i want to without leading away the audience from the corecheck out ravi chandrans works titled ruralscapes at dakshinachitra muttukadu from 10 am to 6 pm till april 29