RESUME

Sandip V. Thumbar
Illustrations / Wildlife Paintings / Graphic Design

Profile:
Diverse abilities and style: from realistic to contemporary and traditional to state-of-the-artWorks well with various media: pen and ink, pencils and charcoal, watercolor, oil, acrylic, mixed media, clay modellingVery good drafting skills and a stickler for details

Date of Birth:
27th October 1982

Education:
Diploma in Fine Arts, (1999-2003)Painting Major

Work Experience
Publishing
· Illustrations for the Swaminarayan Book series
· Pencil Illustration for Wagh Bakri tea campaign, Project by Triton Communication
· Illustrations for the book Vanaspati Nirikshan Pustika of C.E.E.
· Colour Illstrations of the Birds of the Bird Book of C.E.E.
· Computer based illustrations for Everyouth, Project by Triton Communication
· Concept Design and illustration in Water Colour of Tableau for Parade at Delhi on 26th January 2005. Prioject by Identity Communication.
· Pencil drawings of Reptiles for Nature Scope Reptile. Project by C.E.E.
· Story book illustration in Pencil for the book on Asiatic lions.

Paintings
· Pantings of Swaminarayan in Oil for Swaminarayan Gurukul Ahmedabad
· Fibre Glass models paintings of Wild animals and birds of Kanha and Pench Tiger Reserve for C.E.E.
· Paintings on relief Models of Swaminarayan at Swaminarayan Temple Mombasa, Kenya.
· Ceramic Tiles Paintings of Birds and trees for Nature trail Signages at residence of Shila Dixit(C.M. Delhi), Delhi. Project by WWF Delhi.
· Ceramic Tiles Painting on Biodiversity of Hingolgadh Nature Education Park for Nature trail. Project by GEER foundation Gadhinagar.
· Paintings on Formica of wild animals for Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. Project by C.E.E.
· Fibre glass models Paintings of reptiles and mammals for indoor exhibits of Keoladeo Visitor Centre, Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary. Project by WWF Delhi.

Sculptures
· Fibre glass models of Birds and Reptiles in life size for Bodakdev Nature Education Centre, Ahmedabad
· Bust of Asiatic Lion in Fibre Glass for private collection.
· Fibre glass models of Birds for Keoladeo Visitor Centre, Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary. Project by WWF Delhi.

Computer Experience
PC- Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw, Flash, PowerPoint, MS Office

Address:
Sandip V. Thumbar
N-6, Om Payal Flats, Premchand Nagar Road, Near Balaji Avenue, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad-380 054, Gujarat.
Phone: Resi. 079-26730966, Cell. 93771 27545
E-mail: s_thumbar@yahoo.com