Joel Gill at Indian Art Circle

Joel Gill was born in the walled city of Delhi on April 2, 1960 in a humble family. Though he left his Old Delhi house at an early age but his memories of this high-density, low-to-medium rise and mixed use of urban settings is distinctly visible in his cityscapes conveying his own statements. Being an art teacher for most of his life, he had authored many textbooks on art for school children. Though art had been his childhood passion, but his real journey into painting began at a later age when he started showcasing his work on various platforms. Very soon his work started getting recognition from various senior artists, art lovers and art critiques. Generally his work speak about his personal encounters with human relationships, issues concerning a normal human being and his very social surroundings. His basic thrust has been to create a ripple in the minds of viewers using a thought provoking imagery. He loves to play with his forms to vent out his thoughts, using his own color palette. Many of art lovers keep his work under expressionism category, but his sole aim remains to paint and enjoy art which has a designated role to play. His works depict a sort of subjective and meaningful story containing lots of thought provoking emotions and sometimes incite pain. His canvases generally carry stylized human forms treated with visible painterly strokes containing lots of organic texture.