Every Picture Tells A Story: Water Colour Landscapes & Abstract Paintings By Thane Jail Inmates Find Takers At Gallery

In August last year, the Thane Central Jail – which once housed the famous hobbyist painter Salman Khan – saw a few of its inmates sitting in the music room with paintbrushes and canvases to learn how to make art from a fellow undertrial.

For two weeks, as artist Chintan Upadhyay – who is currently behind bars for his alleged role in the murder of his estranged wife Hema Upadhyay and her lawyer Harish Bhambhani – tried to introduce his untrained, impatient audience to things like expressionism, abstract paintings and colour therapy, what started out as a class of 20 ended as a room of nine. When Upadhyay asked them to use “positive” colours like blue, some invariably veered towards dark ones like brown. When he asked a few to make changes to their artwork, some acted possessive. A few ran away, intimidated. A few others didn’t show up because their court appearances clashed with workshop timings. Yet, Upadhyay persisted.

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