Raju Dyapur — Artist, Teacher & Lifelong Student of Art

For Raju Dyapur, art began as a simple fascination with drawing during his school and college years. What started as an early interest gradually became a lifelong passion—a passion that stayed with him even when his professional journey took him in a completely different direction.

Largely self-taught, Raju continued to learn, experiment and develop his skills over the years, including receiving private art training in Russia. His curiosity about art was never limited to creating pictures; he became fascinated by the way artists could transform simple colors and shapes into light, form, depth and emotion.

His professional career led him into the world of technology. After completing a Master’s degree in Information Systems Engineering from Cardiff University, UK, he spent more than two decades working in the IT industry, including several years abroad. Yet painting remained a constant presence in his life.

Eventually, his passion for art grew into a desire to share what he had learned with others. Teaching became another form of artistic expression for him. He discovered tremendous satisfaction in helping students understand color, values, brushwork and observation—and watching their confidence grow with every painting.

Today, Raju is an artist and painting educator based in Bangalore, India. Through World of Paintings, he teaches students from diverse professional backgrounds and encourages them to discover their own creativity through practice and observation.

His artistic journey has also brought recognition, including being selected as a finalist and placing 7th in the World Citizen Artist competition in 2016, followed by an exhibition of his work at the WTC Hague Gallery in the Netherlands in 2017.

For Raju, painting is more than applying colors to a canvas. It is about learning to truly see—to understand light, color, values and form, and to express what he sees with confidence.

His journey continues with every painting, every student and every new brushstroke.