Ajay Chakradhar, a self- taught artist from Jharkhand has been in this field for the past twenty years. His specialty is abstract art. But he gives them an innovative twist with a mix of minerals and ores of iron, manganese, coal, bauxite, mica and acrylics to create them. The rough and coarse texture of the minerals and its muted earthy colours give a dimensional effect to the painted surface. Natural chrome, cadmium, haematite, manganese, ochre and kaoli ...