Raghav Babbar is a young Indian artist who paints everyday people in a sensitive and empathetic way. His subjects reflect his Indian heritage and his works are highly sought after. In this episode, he talks about his upbringing in a family of businesspeople, travelling in the northern Indian states, the influence of British artists such as Lucian Freud whose work he came across when studying at the Royal College of Art in London, his love of painting self-portraits, his experience of witnessing the Hindu pilgrimage of Maha Kumbh and his process of putting paint on canvas.

Raghav Babbar talking with Bob Chaundy

Accompanying images on consideringart.com

A Face in the Crowd

No Light in My Studio (self-portrait)

You can see more of Raghav’s work on his website

Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial