Dear Members and friends of Goa Chitra,
Greetings from Goa Chitra. It has been five years since the inception of the Goa Chitra museum and to mark this special occasion we have planned a series of events for 2014-15. On the 6th of December at 5:30 pm we have an Exhibition cum sale of internationally known and India’s leading Wildlife artist, Carl D’Silva titled ‘Wild and free’ for all art lovers and wildlife enthusiasts especially those who love the winged creatures of Goa. A prelude to the exhibition will be a lecture by Goa’s finest birders Adv Radharao Gracias and Mr. Pankaj Lad. The exhibition will be followed by the Great music revival concert, “STARRY, STARRY NIGHTS” at 8pm onwards featuring the legendary retro band “ACOUSTRIX” from Mumbai. The concert will be inclusive of snacks and dinner. Special discounts for the concert on group bookings of up to 40% can be availed on prior bookings. For details and confirmation kindly call 08322772910, 08326570877 between 9am and 6pm or email goachi...@gmail.com. Thank you for all the support to Goa Chitra. Warm regards, Victor Hugo Gomes (Curator, Goa Chitra) Carl D'Silva: Is widely acknowledged as India’s leading Wildlife artist. His many sojourns across the country accompanying wildlife ecologists on the field studies has allowed him to hone his skills through technically demanding renditions of wildlife in its natural environment. This period also brought his first taste for international recognition when he became the first and as yet only Indian to have his paintings selected for the exhibition by the UK based premiere Wildlife Art (consortium), the Society of wildlife Artists at their annual juried show in London’s Mall Galleries from 1987-1991. Several of these paintings were bought by an appreciative European audience. With more than three decades of experience, Carl does both genres of Wildlife Art; Clinical textbook illustrations and gallery artwork in most mediums. Carl also does taxidermy, sculptures and decoys for wildlife research. Since 1989, Carl’s talent in Illustrating Field guides on birds has been in great demand in Europe and in India. Beginning with a completely new set of 64 colour plates depicting 538 species of revised edition of Salim Ali’s “The Book of Indian Birds”, his talent has been used to illustrate a British sponsored field-guide to “Birds of the Indian Subcontinent” which led to “Birds of Bhutan”, “Birds of Nepal”, “Birds of North India” and “Birds of South India”. He has also been a major contributor to specialised monographs like “Parrots of the World” and “Pheasants, Partridges & Grouse of the World”. “Birds of East Asia”, his latest major work, was published in 2009. Carl’s forte is the accurate and real-life richness of detail that he brings to his bird plates and canvasses. His global exposure to the intensely critical community of wildlife artists and authors, has in a short span of time catapulted him to a position where is one of the most sought after artists for high quality illustrations that have come to be expected of field guides. “Birds of Mumbai”, (IBH 2003) is a best seller. Painting on a big canvas enables him to use the brush effetely as an extension of his field-trained eye. His work is currently exhibited in several collections in India and abroad. The exhibition shall be inaugurated with a prelude of lectures by Goa’s finest birders and chief guest for the occasion, Adv Radharao Gracias and Pankaj Lad. This exhibition cum sale will be opened for public viewing until the 15th of December at the Dom martin Art gallery , Goa Chitra museum, Benaulim. The Starry Starry Night: Paying tribute to the acoustic guitar, ACOUSTRIX - a Mumbai based group of four dedicated and experienced musicians will take you on a trip back in time and make you experience firsthand the nostalgic kaleidoscope of ambiance, guitars and songs by legendary acoustic guitar kings like: The Everly Brothers, Neil Diamond, Eric Clapton, The Eagles, Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR), James Taylor, John Denver, Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Crosby Stills and Nash, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beatles, Don Mclean, amongst a host of others. “ACOUSTRIX” features well known and established musicians from Mumbai, Barry (Acoustic lead guitar/vocals), Dez Taylor (Acoustic guitar/vocals), Benny (Drums) and Berty (Acoustic Bass guitar/vocals). The concert will be held at Goa Chitra, Benaulim on 6th of December, 2014 from 8:00 pm – 10pm followed by dinner.