Elixir Magazine India Edition Surrealism (Pankaj Pal)

Artist Pankaj Pal belongs to a cultivator family. He was previously interested in making various types of soil art ( terracotta) as he belonged to a “kumhar” family/community. As a child, he would make pottery, terracotta horses and various soil artifacts. Everybody use to appreciate his work. That was the turning point in his life and his artistic carrier began. Artist Pankaj Pal was in 7th standard when he took a keen interest in painting, wood carving and many other related things. He fell in love with art, as art was something that didn’t need family support, and was coming out completely from his soul. Fortunately, he met his first art teacher, Mr. Badal Paramanik, who was from his place. He appreciated his work and asked him to join his gurukul JAMSHEDPUR SCHOOL OF ART, situated in Kadma ( east Singbhum). This is where Artist Pankaj Pal’s theoretical knowledge in art began. This place made him fall in love with love again and again, and gifted him a mentor-teacher for life, Mr. Manoj Sengupta, a wonderful artist who trained him in the basics of art, the root of everything he knows and does. The roots of Artist Pankaj Pal can be seen in his painting, his childhood is in open display to the ones who can read through his painting. You can still see the terracotta horses and the potteries, the use of earth tones in most of Artist Pankaj Pal’s creation.