K.Kalaiselvan - A man of many parts who has finally found his niche in painting.

He and his work are not that easy to describe. Both have gone through life with all its ups and downs and finally the victory cry from his throat is full of vim and vigour because he has tasted victory and it is sweet.

Kalai- as he is known to friend and foe alike was born at Anniyur, a little village near Villipuram in Tamilnadu state, India– described euphemistically as a place ‘back of beyond’ anything.

But Kalai is proud of his beginnings. It was this life that created in his soul a thirst to give vent to his feelings through the medium of art, and his life shaped the desire.

Born in February 1963 he completed schooling in his native village, he moved to Chennai where he graduated in textile designing at the famed Chennai college of arts and crafts in 1985. Painting was part of the syllabus and once he understood that this medium suited him, the spark was lit and blazed into a glorious fire which continues to burn to this day.

Kalai too began his internship with this art by painting the school board and drawing science diagrams for various classes in the school.

Though he worked for some time to keep the wolf from the door, he finally realized that painting was what God had meant to do in his life and so from the start of 2010, he became a full fledged, full time painter.

Though he worked for some time to keep the wolf from the door, he finally realized that painting was what God had meant to do in his life and so from the start of 2010, he became a full fledged, full time painter.