Self-taught artist Paramesh Paul’s canvases are a spiritualist’s euphoria. Surpassing the limit of strict academic norms, he has developed a form following his own inner sensibility. Born in 1970 in a rural village of West Bengal, Paramesh’s early life was shaped by a rich tradition of pottery and craft. His earliest move towards developing artistic senses was to create clay sculptures of gods. And he now draws inspiration from traditional Hindu iconography and symbols, such as Nandi bull, Lord Shiva, Ganges river, the ghats and the sacred temples of the Banaras city. Filled with mythology-inspired imagery, his vivid and vibrant paintings are a meeting of two worlds, where materiality echoes his metaphysical bond.