India is home to more than 50 types of traditional forms of paintings. What was once thriving and prosperous, is now facing extinction because of several reasons- complexity of the work, time consuming techniques and lack of proper channels to consistently support and promote the art and the artists.

How Clyde D’Mello captures the concept of time through his art > Greek gods. Old Testament prophets. Fire and Brimstone. Time and Space. There is a recurrence of these topics in the works of visual artist Clyde D’Mello and with good reason. Most people remember that defining moment in their lives with clarity. So does visual artist Clyde D’Mello. “As a child I would frequent a bookstore near the church every week. There I picked up a book on classical art — it was the catalogue of the Prado Museum in Spain. That was my introduction to the fine arts,” says Clyde, adding that he was around 12 years old then.