Chandranath Acharya, who was recently honoured with the VARNA SHILPI VENKATAPPA PRASHASTHI in Bangalore, has always held an expanded palette of creative endeavour: painting, printmaking, book cover designing and art direction to award-winning films. As a celebrated magazine illustrator, he is credited to have provided a new direction and creative dimension to the fascinating art. Painting, according to Chandranath, is a way to enter, explore and express an ...