Rahul Parekh: New Friend at India Wilds... :)

Dear Friends,

New cub is born in the jungle of India wilds... :) will you come to greet me…?

My obsession for wildlife is since childhood, but became true passion when I seriously decided to be a wildlife artist, and I quit my IT professional job. Today I'm fulltime Professional Wildlife Artist.

The deadly decision was not very easy for me, but to make my childhood dream come true & to do something different for wildlife conservation and awareness. I took the sturdy decision, and I'm really very happy with my wildlife art & my decision today. Wildlife art has given me enough opportunity to pursue my other interest like wildlife photography, birding, reading, writing and many more…

I'm really thankful to Mr. AB Apana for suggesting this active forum, and truly appreciating Mr. Sabyasachi Patra's lovely & positive effort to convey the messages of wildlife conservation with wildlife photography. I'll surely, freely & actively share my views, thoughts, feelings and experiences about wildlife conservation at this forum.

I'll always learn something new everyday from you all friends. Wish you all a wonderful, peaceful & successful life in the wild.

With all best wishes,

Sincerely,
Rahul Parekh
www.rahulparekhwildlife.com
http://rahulparekhwildlife.blogspot.com

Hi Rahul,

Welcome to the forum!

I would urge members to look at Rahul's paintings.

Apana

Rahul good to see you here.you lion sketch icon is amazing....
I am sure you will have gr8 time here.

Cheers,
Kiran

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Originally Posted by AB Apana

Hi Rahul,

Welcome to the forum!

I would urge members to look at Rahul's paintings.

Apana

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Hi Apana,

Thank you so much for your kind compliments & to show me the way to 'India Wilds' :). I found this forum is really wonderful, but still learning to use this forum.

Happy Birding...

Rahul

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Originally Posted by Kiran Ghadge

Rahul good to see you here.you lion sketch icon is amazing....
I am sure you will have gr8 time here.

Cheers,
Kiran

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Hi Kiran,

Nice to meet you here. Thank you so much for your kind appreciation. Yes, this is lovely forum and will definitely have great time here :)

Cheers & Happy Birding...

Rahul

Hi Rahul,
Welcome to IndiaWilds!

It takes enourmous courage and conviction to follow your heart and take up wildlife art as profession.

Please post your photo here, so that we can "id" you in the field. :)

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

PS: I prefer to be called Sabyasachi rather than more formal or informal versions. :D

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Originally Posted by Sabyasachi Patra

Hi Rahul,
Welcome to IndiaWilds!

It takes enourmous courage and conviction to follow your heart and take up wildlife art as profession.

Please post your photo here, so that we can "id" you in the field. :)

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

PS: I prefer to be called Sabyasachi rather than more formal or informal versions. :D

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Hi Sabyasachi,

Yes, one has to take extreme steps to cross the desert, but satisfaction is like to find a water resource in the never ending desert :). I'm heartily enjoying my wildlife art and with it I always - 24X7 keep in touch with the nature & wildlife, isn't it amazing!

I herewith post my image for ID :)

Cheers...

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Rahul

Hello Rahul,
It is really heartening to know about your journey.

I was looking at your website. From the few I had a look at, my personal favorite is your 'Bengal Tiger'.

Nice to meet you here.

Cheers,
Prem Sagar

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Originally Posted by Prem Sagar

Hello Rahul,
It is really heartening to know about your journey.

I was looking at your website. From the few I had a look at, my personal favorite is your 'Bengal Tiger'.

Nice to meet you here.

Cheers,
Prem Sagar

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Hi Prem,

Thank you so much for your kind appreciation, i love the eyes of the tiger, and feeling very happy that you get some motivation from my life too :)

Enjoy...have lots of success...

Rahul

Hi, Rahul,
I liked your sketches....
am also happy that you took the step to follow your deams. Too few of us have th courage to do that....
all the best.. !!

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Originally Posted by chitrita chatterjee

Hi, Rahul,
I liked your sketches....
am also happy that you took the step to follow your deams. Too few of us have th courage to do that....
all the best.. !!

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Dear Ma'am,

I'm very happy that you liked my sketches... Thank you so much for your kind appreciation and best wishes :). I believe one has to be little couragious to follow the way to their dream. First step is very important for the new journey. It gives immense satisfaction.

I Visited your blog and you have lovely writing skills, and truly loved your travelogue & images. Please keep up the good work :)

with all best wishes & Happy Journeys,

Rahul

Hi, Rahul,
Lovely work there. Good to see you on indiawilds...
Keep posting :)

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Originally Posted by Bibhav Behera

Hi, Rahul,
Lovely work there. Good to see you on indiawilds...
Keep posting :)

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Hi Bibhav,

Thank you very much for your kind words for my work, and nice to meet you too :)

Hava a wonderful life...

Rahul

Hey, Rahul !! Good to see you !

Kiran

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Originally Posted by Kiran Khanzode

Hey, Rahul !! Good to see you !

Kiran

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Hi Kiran,

I'm so pleased to see you here, Tiger Man. Please post your lovely tiger images, everyone will love it. I'll enjoy it again too :)

with all best wishes & will wait for your new images from new trips...

Rahul

Hi Rahul, sorry to reply so very late... I just saw your intro today...:)
Wanted to tell you your paintings are fantastic. I've been interested in painting too, recently started painting birds...(obviously I'm not as good as you!!)

Hi Abhishek,

Thank you so much for your very kind words of appreciation. I really loved that you liked my wildlife art, and become more happy to know that you are also paint birds...

Oh! Please don't feel disappoint by your work, and never compare your work with any artists. Have your own style of painting. Follow Trial & Error method to learn new things every time....

As I've not seen your work, but one more thing to remember. Give importance to the drawing first instead painting. Improve your drawing to achieve perfect representation of the wildlife subject :). Yes, this is very difficult but not impossible :). This is the key to paint beautiful wildlife paintings... :cool:

All best wishes & have lots of success in your studies and in your new passion. Enjoy....

Cheers, Rahul

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Originally Posted by Abhishek Jamalabad

Hi Rahul, sorry to reply so very late... I just saw your intro today...:)
Wanted to tell you your paintings are fantastic. I've been interested in painting too, recently started painting birds...(obviously I'm not as good as you!!)

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Thanks for those tips, Rahul, maybe I could show you my works somewhere, (not here on indiawilds though) and you could give me "critiques"... :D

Hi Abhishek,

Oh! yes, I would like to see your work happily, and i won't critique too :). Noooo, i don't like to critique someone's work but yes love to share my views & will help you to improve your work at my level. I love to see more artists depicting wildlife/nature in art. So keep going.... :)

All best wishes,

Cheers, Rahul

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Originally Posted by Abhishek Jamalabad

Thanks for those tips, Rahul, maybe I could show you my works somewhere, (not here on indiawilds though) and you could give me "critiques"... :D

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I am terrible in drawing. I had difficulty even drawing frog, toad etc for the zoology practicals. However, I know atleast this much that one needs to have knowledge of anatomy of the animal or bird to draw successfully. Unless you are drawing a caricature.

I believe in critiques. Though lot of people in India, don't like it. I saw a few paintings of one gentleman. The bird was too tight in the frame. The eye contact was just not right, I mean the head was turned away. If these are pointed out, then the artist feels offended.

There is one photographer by the name Nigel Dennis. A very good photographer. He had started as a painter and wanted to click to get the required frames for painting. He then became a very good photographer. Similarly, Abhishek has started photographing first, but he may end up as a great painter. :D

All the best to both of you guys.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

Hi Sabyasachi,

Good to hear from you again. Yes, to draw a perfect animal or bird, one has to understand the anatomy of the creature at basic level at least, but to paint wildlife one has to understand the every elements of the nature in detail...to give life to the composition.

I hope that gentleman is not me.. :D. I feel by giving critiques not only one feel insulted but it also destroy moral/confidence of the artist/photographer, if s/he is very sensitive in nature in life and about his/her work. So, i keep myself away from true words(always harsh/hard to swallow) sometimes..instead give my views or offer help to improve work :).

Yes, Nigel Dennis is wonderful photographer. I didn't know that he was once wildlife artist!!!! Only Passion can make everything possible & achievable....

Thank you so much for your your lovely words of encouragement and wonderful information :).

All best wishes,

Cheers,