| Most frequent amongst Shirwadkar's
works are scenes from the city of Varanasi in Uttar
Pradesh, India. Most Hindus consider Varanasi a holy
cityas the River Ganges flows through it. In Shirwadkar's
paintings we see this city in all of its glory. He paints
people taking dips in the river or praying and meditating
on its banks, the multitude of small temples almost
falling of the cliff face and the narrow streets teeming
with life and activity.In his 2002canvas, 'Symphony
on the Steps,' we see how the artist has deftly used
a palette knife (no brushwork at all) and oils to recreate
the typical scene one witnesses on a Banaras Ghat, or
the steps that lead down to the river. Yeshwant Shirwadkar
is extensively traveled and has held solo exhibitions
of his work in Mumbai,Chennai,Bangalore, Delhi,Varanasi,
Cochin, France, Germany, London, Luxembourg, Belgium,
Nepal, Switzerland and the United States of America.
In 2000, he held his 50th one-man show at the Artpilgrim
Gallery in New Delhi. At the same time he has participated
in group shows too both in India and abroad. His works
are also regularly included in domesticand international
auctions of Indian Art, breaking records at auction
houses like Sotheby's.
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