The cave paintings, minimal, sensitive, vibrating in line and form, have intrigued him. Fossilized leaves, crevices between stones, the mystery of shape and form in the silent still life of nature - Sharad is moved by these lyrical anthems. They are a narration of the abstract, the un-deciphered, the mysterious awaiting to be spelt out.

Sharad graduated from the Government Chitrakala Mahavidyalay, Nagpur in 2002 and completed his Masters from the Sir J J School of Art in 2004. He showed solo at Hacienda gallery, Mumbai in 2007. He lives and works in Bhopal.