Paramjit Singh (b.1935) has educated from Delhi Polytechnic, New Delhi and Atelier Nord, Oslo. He grew up in Punjab, known for its lush fields of wheat and mustard. It was his chance discovery of a small landscape painting, by the poet Rabindranath Tagore, in his father’s library at the age of 13, that inspired Paramjit to become a landscape painter. He was taught by Sailoz Mookherjea to look not merely at the outer reality of nature but the pulsating rhythm within. With the help of the Impressionist technique of handling light and the Expressionist mode of handling colours, the artist has, over the years, created his own unique vision and style. He urges viewers to become a part of the landscape depicted. In one of his recent interviews, Singh stated that like the Impressionist painters, “I, also, am a painter of light. For me the starting point is the physical elements of a landscape. From it I derive the inspiration to handle pigments in a way one handles language to give expression to one’s subtlest thoughts and fanciful feelings. My use of pigments gives them, I feel, a tactile quality. The flexibility of the technique I employ allows me to decipher ever-changing meaning in the wave on the water or the wind that rustles the grass.”