Girish Nair is a self-taught artist and known for his live painting on stage alongside musicians and other performing artists. He is an artist who believes that emotions and thoughts are best expressed by painting. An artist, instructor and motivator Girish has created his own unique space in the world of creativity by speaking and motivating through Art. Most of his paintings and sketches are the outcome of his interpretation of life situations. Although known for his portraits in oil and color pencils he has a special interest in creating abstracts and theological interpretations, where he interprets mythology by combining it with reality and impressionism.
His collection includes a variety of paintings ranging from brushwork to knife and bare fingers. Apart from painting in his studio he uses his time teaching young kids and budding artists through his school Art&Passion. He has groomed more than 150 budding artists across different age groups in Charlotte and Detroit area since 2009. As a self-taught artist, he believes he understands student’s capabilities and limitations better, thereby harnessing their innate qualities. He maintains that his relationship with his pupils is symbiotic as guiding and mentoring them has further fine-tuned him as an artist.
Though Girish believes that learning and teaching is a never-ending process what feeds his soul are acts of kindness. He has donated his paintings for fundraisers and charitable causes, the most recent one was for the Children’s Organ Transplant Association. With more than $60000 raised by auctioning his work for multiple charitable organizations like AIM for Seva, Mata Amritanandamayi Math Michigan center, MelSabari Michigan a fundraiser for muscular dystrophy, Chennai relief Fund and the Children’s Organ Transplant Association. He has an engineering degree in Electronics and Masters in Business Administration from India and is a board member and partner of Speridian Technologies. For details visit www.artnpassion.com.
