Art by M. R. Anand

The mystic nature of waterfalls presents an excellent topic for painting.  Here i have tried to capture Hogenakkal falls in Dharmapuri,...

The exotic banana flower is used extensively in South Indian and South east Asian cuisine.  It evokes memories from my childhood when we...

May has gone by, but not the memories of the May Flower trees that lined up one of the avenues in our enclave.  Everytime i see a...

Its a golfer’s delight to tee-off at dawn.  Some of the most beautiful scenes unfold during this time.  I tried to capture one such...

This is a sunset scene of Dhruv, Advance Light Helicopter (ALH) MK III.   Mission Accomplished depicts the joy of completing a successful...

Bullock carts are synonymous with village scenes in India.  Remembering my visits to my village during childhood.  Watercolour on...

Water colour on hand made paper from a reference photograph taken last October on a rainy day! This was challenging as the reflections...

A quick watercolour study on paper …7 X 6 inches

Plein air painting of National Gallery of Modern Arts building at Bangalore last Sunday.. water colour on hand made paper 14 x 10 inch

Portrait of my class mate from school Ajay Rathnam, on his request.  Water colour on canson 300gsm paper 12 x 16.5 inch

Painted from a reference picture sent by a friend. It was interesting to try out a few new colour combinations.  turned out to be a...

En Plein Air, from the comfort of my balcony last Sunday! the huge tree is called Rain tree or 5 o’clock tree as the leaves close in the...

Visited Venkatappa Art Gallery next to museum in Bangalore a couple of times, but never painted it.  Painted from my photograph taken...

This is a painting from a scene in my memory of my school days.  Come April when the yellow flame trees are in full bloom, my school...

Chennai Central railway station, though the portals of this station stream in and out thousands everyday and is the abode for many...

Had the opportunity to attend a weekend watercolour demonstration by Bijay Biswal organised by Color-in .  I am posting two...

This is an attempt of portrait of my niece.  Water colour on handmade paper 11.5 x16 inch.

A portrait of my son….water colour on paper 225 gsm…22 x30 cm

After my attempt at my daughter’s portrait, i thought of attempting to paint my wife’s portrait :-).  Watercolour on Cartridge paper 20...

Its been ages since i tried portraits!  It’s never too late to start again :-).  portrait of my daughter,, watercolour on paper 20X30 cm.