ATUL BAKSHI

It's been a long journey. Seeking initially to comprehend the essence of form in its constituent minuscule elements when he constructed his intricate church panels of stained glass; exploring the dynamic interplay between color, form and light as interpreted by the refractive quality of glass when he sculpted his abstracts; seeking the middle passage that lies unrevealed between the ephemeral wispiness of crystal and the intense solidity inherent in the opacity of pate de crystal; Atul Bakshi has been a seeker, a restless explorer, and a student of the myriad variety of the manifest. Today, he is gone from seeker to seer... There comes a time in the creative growth of an artist when he transcends the mere physical: when his work acquires a certain spiritual quality, addressing within us yearnings that we barely recognize till we meet them in a quiet moment of introspection in an epiphany that leaves us breathless and delighted. Atul Bakshi has now reached that elusive, beautiful..