Meet the owner

Networking professional by qualification and an artist by choice, I am Parminder Singh hailing from royal city of Patiala, Punjab.

As popular saying goes, “I don’t like to say I have given my life to art, I prefer to say art has given me my life”.

My specialization is in portraits, I take pride in the fact that I give keen attention to details. A true Cancerian, I am less of a talker and more of an observer, I like observing people. The raw, genuine emotions that come across people’s face when they are lost in their own thoughts is true art. And I love capturing the same emotions on paper. I always try to make the artwork as realistic as possible whether I draw with graphite pencils, charcoal or pointillism.

Now that you are here, why don't you spend some time in my feed to know more about my artwork... At the end, if my work convinces you, I'll recreate the work as original one.


JOURNEY INTO CREATIVE REALM


Art is something that I’ve been passionate about since my childhood.


The only class I actually liked attending was Arts. One incidence I particularly remember from my Art class was during my high school time. During my Year End practical exam for Arts, the examiner saw my sketch and said “this is the only painting which had have deep sense of meaning, it shows some depth”, and that moved me. But the thought of actually making a career out of art never crossed my mind.

As we grow up, societal pressure forces us to choose our career, as per the societal standards, instead of asking us what we actually want to do in our life. And we are given academic options to be either engineer or a doctor. Art is not considered a career especially in a middle class Indian family. Surrendering to the pressure I decided to opt for Computer Networking. I thought its computers right? I like computer. Maybe it will be fun.

Few months into this field and I started wondering is this what I really want to do for my entire life? I was not happy. There was longing I could feel, that I am stuck in wrong place. This is not for me.

When my Boss told me that they are relocating, I actually felt happy. As the place was far for me, I had to quit. I was jobless for long time. But during this phase I was re-introduced to my passion. Sketching.

As they say, idle mind is devils workshop… well the devil in my mind was actually going to make my life better. When you hit bottom, you think about all the things you lack. While I was going through this downward thinking spiral of criticizing myself of not being good at anything, I realized what I was good at. Art. Art is my calling.

I would say I am truly blessed to have such a supporting parents. I was never asked to follow what other kids were doing. My Dad told me to be creative and original, and always supported me to work on my skills to be better. He himself was an excellent sketcher when he was younger. Actually my whole family has a creative streak in one way or another.

With my Dad’s encouragement, I started sketching again. But as the insecurities always arise, my conscience started questioning me, are you really as good as you think you are?

I wanted to break free of these shackles so I decided, even if I am not that good, I can learn and improve. So I started researching. It is really amazing how many people share their techniques online to spread the knowledge. I was in awe of ‘hyper realistic art’.


And then one day i stumbled upon stippling sketch made by Xavier Casalta, an amazing artist from France. I was amazed by his incredible work and I thought about trying same technique myself, moreover i love challenging myself.

Because if I won’t, that would be the end of improvement. And i know that this is just beginning... I am ready to soar.