MEENA CHOPRA
"Sailboat at Sunset"
Original Oil on Canvas Painting
Neo-Impressionist Seascape Size: 30 in. x 24 in.
Frameless Canvas Wrap Over Wooden Stretcherboards Excellent condition. Tight Canvas with very Vibrant Colors
Hand Signed on Verso (see photos)
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MEENA CHOPRA (20th & 21st Century; Canada, India)
Meena Chopra is a poet and visual artist with an unbridled passion for words, space, colors and forms.
She is now settled in Mississauga, Canada, where she has resided for 10 years after migrating from New Delhi India. She hails from Nainital, a hill resort in India. where she began her career focus. She worked in the fashion and garment industry, before switching her focus to fine arts and poetry. She has had several art exhibitions in many countries including India, Canada and England. An avid reader of prose and poetry, she writes both in English and her native language Hindi. Her first collection of English poems, "Ignited Lines" was published in 1996 was released in London, England the same year. Her poems have been published in many national and inter-national journals. They have also been translated into German by Carla Kraus, a well known Austrian author.
She represented Canada in New Delhi India in 7th Inter-National Hindi Celebration Meet in December 2008 organized by Akshram in association with ICCR (Indian Council for Cultural Relations). She has also represented India in the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Artists Meet, New Delhi in December 2002. She received Honorable Mention at Poetry Writing Contest 2003 held by the Mississauga Library System Canada when she landed in Canada.
Her paintings are with many Corporations, Government Bodies, Embassies, Hotels and Private Collections in India, Canada, Australia, England, Switzerland, Dubai and many other countries
She qualified as a textile and fashion designer and worked in this industry for seven years, then got into advertising. She has had an intense career in advertising for twenty years and was running an advertising agency in New Delhi, India. Now she runs an Entertainment & Life Style news weekly called "STARBUZZ" along with her husband in GTA, Canada and also managed an after school learning center in Mississauga by the name of “LEARNA HEARTLAND CENTRE”. The center offers after school learning programs along with many other activities.
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