Raman G: An alumni of the Govt. College of Arts & Crafts, Madras, he received the Regional Lalit Kala Akademi Scholarship & Senior Fellowship from the Govt. of India (1992 – 93). Four one-man shows in Madras and numerous Group Shows in India, USA & Japan and Art Camps are followed by awards from The Bombay Art Society; Mysore Pradesh Kala Parishad, Bangalore; Intermediate Christian Art Competition, New York; All-India Art Exhibition, Raipur & Mysore Dassera Art Exhibition. Collections: National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi; Central Lalit Kala Akademi; Sahithya Academy; Birla Academy of Arts, Calacutta; Hyderabad Museum.
Black acrylic paint is used as an undercoat though in the former he leaves a grey uneven border around the edge. It is onto this black background that the artist, with his unerring hand and impressive sense of design, creates his dense composition in white paint. One notes the bright, fluorescent color in both canvases being used to further enhance the significance of the line. The bright color, although often used sparingly, helps give the final painting a vision that sets his work aside from others in South India.