As a practicing radiologist till 2005, artist Sudhir Patwardhan witnessed several medical emergencies but nothing that could have prepared one for the pandemic. “I have been cut off from medicine for over 15 years now and no longer have that everyday experience of confronting patients but the intensity and scope of this situation is definitely much more than what we had experienced in our lifetime,” says the Mumbai-based artist.
Like most others, he too was going through a whirlwind of emotions — from being confined home during the intermittent lockdowns to watching closely as the COVID numbers swinged, and disturbed when thousands of migrants walked to their homes. In his studio, his thoughts translated onto canvas as he painted the “personal experiences of being a working artist during the last year, overshadowed by world events and the pandemic".
