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Randhir as an
ARTIST
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His
art, pen & ink drawings, charcoals and dry pastels,
have grown out of a need to find newer creative ways
to express himself. Early in his
career, he used his art for theatrical or educational
purposes and it was only in the early 80s that he
decided to exhibit some of his work. The exhibition
was sponsored by Max Mueller Bhavan (Mumbai) and was
entitled, The Glowing Enigma: Collages inspired by
the Poetry of Nelly Sachs.  It
was critically appreciated. This was followed by more
collage work that was intensely personal but never
exhibited.
While working on a children's fantasy story, Khare's
pen and ink drawings began to take shape. By the mid
90s, he had begun to explore the power of the line
more boldly, producing a series of drawings that would
accompany a mystical tract.
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In
the late 90s, his strength as a pen and ink artist emerged further
when he did a series of drawings that appeared in his book The
Dangs, Journeys Into The Heartland. This was followed by a series
of drawings which were used in his novel-length fable, The Last
Jungle On Earth. Yet another series of drawings appear in his
new book, The Singing Bow: Song-poems of The Bhil.
Alongside
working on drawings for his books, he has been working on a range
of pen and ink, charcoal and dry pastel drawings inspired by the
forms nature makes. A month-long solo-exhibition of his pen and
ink drawings was presented in Pune by indiaart.com. At the venue,
he presented talks on nature and art, read from his book The Last
Jungle On Earth to various groups of children, young people and
adults and engaged in creative interaction. His next solo exhibition
was in Mumbai where he displayed pen and ink drawings and works
in charcoal.
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