What sets V. Ramesh’s work apart are the narratives that inspire and accompany his paintings. “They offer a bridge between my life and my work,” he points out. Frequently, the artist turns to images of the sea and of fishermen in his paintings, people who are born, sustained, live, and die by the sea. The sea, thus, has become a constant theme in his works, and he believes it is a metaphor for time, against which the drama of life unfolds and “is enacted w ...