01 / 02Series
Signs
Acrylics built up with the palette knife in stacked blocks of cobalt, ochre, orange, magenta and grey. Triangles, circles, arrows and zigzags are scratched into the paint while it is still wet.
Enter the seriesJ.P. Singh is a self-taught painter in Delhi. He builds his acrylics with a palette knife and scratches signs into them while the paint is still wet.
02 / 02Series
Charcoal
Drawings of a trumpet, a saxophone and a horn among angular shapes, in black, white and grey, with an occasional stroke of blue.
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View this paintingPortrait — to comeP1 · 4:5 · in the studio, natural side light, chest up, unposed
About
He came to Delhi from a village in Bulandshahr with no formal art education. Today, with his children settled, he paints in his second innings, for the joy of it.
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All entries12 September 2026In the studio: late night notesLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. I paint after the house is asleep, sed do eiusmod tempor.28 August 2026Palette experimentsUt enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation. I mix less than I used to, ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip.9 August 2026Back to charcoalDuis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit. Before colour there was black, white and the smudge in between.