An interview with Illustrator Shamika Chaves
Mumbai based illustrator Shamika Chaves has brought out an exciting new activity book for kids. Filled with interesting trivia and countless indoor and outdoor activities, this nonfiction book is ideal for family bonding. Shamika shares info about her family, early influences and work. Tell us a bit about your family of artists. Are all of them into illustrating books? My great grandfather, the late Keshaorao Chudekar, was an artist and the first Indian headmaster at Sir J J School Of Art during the British era in the 1920s, his work is displayed at the Prince Of Wales museum in Mumbai. ‘After fishing’ is one of his most famous paintings. I never got a chance to meet him because he passed away before I was born but I grew up seeing and hearing about his work. My parents too pursued their degrees from Sir J J School of Art (they met during their college years, fell in love and soon got married) So I have a very art influential background, but neither of them were into childr...