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“My Indian father and German mother happily furnished me with two complementary artistic traditions: the Indian penchant for fantasy and a certain expansiveness in one’s inner world and the Northern European insistence on an emotional meticulousness in draughtsmanship and execution.”
- mahendra singh
With twenty years of freelance illustrative work under his belt, Mahendra is thoroughly familiar with all creative, production and business aspects of the publications industry. Raised in a culturally diverse household, his illustrative style was shaped by his early exposure to the great European draughtsmen of the past: Durer, Menzel, Grandeville, Dore and Cruikshank. This classical grounding, combined with the necessary sensitivity to the modern needs of an increasingly universal audience, adds a depth and resonance to both his technique and conceptual thinking. Mahendra has created technical, editorial, fantasy and general illustrations for a wide variety of clients, including The Washington Times/Insight on the News, Realms of Fantasy, Fantagraphics, Black Issues in Higher Education, Sons of the South, and a multitude of magazines, newspapers and agencies in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
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