Welcome to Creative Expressions Art Studio and Gallery.



I am Minnie Bhupathi, Jewelry artist and owner.
I am thrilled to announce that Creative Expressions will be opening it's doors to the public on Monday October 4th.
The reason for me taking the leap to opening a teaching art studio and gallery is because I love and enjoy art!

My favorite subject in medical school was anatomy.
I did really well in all those tests; it wasn't until much later that I realized the reason I did well in that subject was because the textbook "Gray's Anatomy" was my favorite text! I loved looking at the pictures! The drawings are simply amazing in their detail and precision. Beautiful too, in my opinion.
Almost all the illustration and there are several hundreds of them ar painstakingly drawn by hand with obsessive attention to detail and are stunningly accurate reproductions of the insides of the human body.
This is art,too!
Art, in general, is for enjoyment and for uplifting the spirit!
Art is not utilitarian, but who cares?!
I wholly believe that art and the enjoyment of it for everyone! i absolutely do not agree with the opinion of a few that art is for the educated few and that one needs a degree in art to appreciate, enjoy or create works of art.
Art in its earliest form was used a means of communication before written language, but even back then people created artwork for enjoyment. Think Lascaux caves in France with all the prehistoric art!

http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en

I love how thomas Hoving , past director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, defines art : "Art happens when anyone in the world takes any kind of material and fashions it into a deliberate statement"

I also don't agree as an artist one has to carefully select the audience to whom art is presented.
I believe that appreciation of art is visceral and elemental and anyone and everyone can and will appreciate artwork if given the opportunity though not necessarily the same works or style.


One can however learn to refine the level and range of appreciation through a process of saturation.

Here is an instance to prove my point;

I took Maya to the Fine Art Show at our local library and as we always do when we visit a museum, we wrote down the names of 3 works that we would want to take home with us.

I wrote down my three works and she noted down hers and why we liked each work so well and why it called to us more than the others.

We compared notes afterwards and we actually picked 2 of the same works but for totally different reasons! Her reasons were more to do with the colors and how they made her feel, mine had more to do with the impressionist style of the artist and how well it was translated on to the canvas.

So...my little venture is my way to reach out and share, to bring art into more people's lives,to educate and inform, and to bring artists and their adoring audience together!

Luckily I have a few like minded intelligent individuals who are passionate about sharing their knowledge and their talent, and believe in my idea and have been encouraging and supportive of me throughout!

I want my little gallery to be where one can walk in and enjoy the art work, learn and engage in a discussion in a warm friendly atmosphere without being intimidated.

I want it to be a place far different from the"high brow", pseudo intellectual , art galleries that would try (how dare they?!!)and keep art from the common man!!

I plan to exhibit art on consignment, primarily focusing on local talent, both emerging and experienced and also offer a variety of classes.

I am going to teach a few art history classes;

There will also be several art, glass and jewelry workshops at beginner to advanced levels, taugh by several talented artist/instructors.

I am also planning an Art Tour to New York in Early December for those interested!

All this thanks to my wonderful, loving,absolutely supportive family and friends who have never once asked the question" you are a pediatrician, what do you think you are doing with an art studio/gallery and teaching art history?!!" and encouraged me throughout the process.

Thoughts and ideas, anyone?

Minnie