Painting exhibition for special cause in Thane

THANE: A painting exhibition for a special cause, displaying over 60 different paintings by artists from across Thane, Navi Mumbai, Mumbai, Kalyan and beyond,wasinauguratedonthe occasionofWorldDisabilityDay on Tuesday.

The week-long exhibition at Kala Bhavan, Thane is organisedbySwayamRehabilitation Centre for Children with Multiple Disabilities. Some of the paintingsattheexhibitionwere jointly made by differentlyabledchildrenandprofessional artists.

“Wemadeitafunexerciseinitially, wherein a few artists along with differently-abled children made a few paintings. The children had fun with colours and it was a relaxing and uniqueexperienceforthem.We organisedthisexhibitiontoraise awareness about multiple disabilities faced by people around us,” said Meeta Devlalkar, director, Swayam Rehabilitation Centre for Children with Multiple Disabilities.

Paintingsmadejointlybythe artists and children portray LordGaneshainvariousforms. Onlookers found it difficult to differentiatebetweenthepaintings made by children from the ones made by artists as both have similar fineness.

Some of the paintings at the exhibitionweremadebyChetan Pashilkar,aThaneresidentwho ishearingandspeechimpaired. AccordingtoPashilkar,hislove for painting compelled him to studyandtakeupfinearts.Thirty-year-oldPashilkarhasparticipated in various exhibitions andalsowongoldlastyearatthe National Abilympics Competition.

Pashilkarexperimentedwith making dots instead of lines in his paintings at the exhibition. Fromfigurestostructuresallof themaredrawnwithcoloursynchronised dots. “I find crowd attractive, hence I have tourist spots or pilgrimage spots like Pandharpur in my paintings,” saidPashilkar,insignlanguage.