Artist John Fernandes (Indian artist)

 

Artist  John Fernandes

John was easily one of the most humble and unassuming artists I have met. He was gifted and was a favourite of his guru K B Kulkarni. John was from Belgaum and was nurtured by the well known artist and art teacher from Belgaum - K B Kulkarni.His command on figures was exceptional. He was equally at ease with all mediums - watercolours, oils, acrylic, pastels. He mostly painted young ladies and I can visualise several of his paintings years after having seen them. While John had great skill and he could recreate the exact skin tones, he did not make the mistake of getting trapped in the technique. His art was more about portraying the beauty and the sensuality of the subject he painted. While he was an acknowledged master of figurative art, he did paint several wonderful landscapes. John never speak negative about other artists or anybody else for that matter. The only thing that mattered to him was his art. All those who were fortunate to see him paint would get mesmerized by the easy manner with which he would paint, the deftness of his strokes and the magical realisation for the viewer to witness the painting getting created so effortlessly. His brush strokes appeared so simple yet the end result of unbelievable just the way we have seen the strokes of tennis legend Roger Federer.