Charcoal Portrait 1 by Ranjan De in Toronto

I am a Toronto based artist. I have enjoyed drawing, painting and crafts since my childhood. Over the years, my love for visual arts gradually developed into a passion for painting. I like to work with different mediums -charcoal to oil paints, though I love best to use charcoal to sketch portraits.? I am an expert professional in the paint industry. My rich experience stretches over more than four decades and my work field started from India, then Middle East and Egypt, finally in Canada.? In spite of being busy in my work in paint profession, for last 30 years I always manage to steal time for my passion. I am devoted to painting because art soothes and relaxes me and most importantly it gives me immense joy.? Widely traveled from the Americas to Australia, my paintings are mainly based on my exciting sojourns around the world. To me world is one, I see unity in diversity.