Dubai artist spreads positivity through doodles

Dubai - The artist reveals in a chat with City Times what inspired him to fine-tune a trademark doodling style.

Did you know? Doodling, an underrated art form is a brilliant way to experiment with your art skills. Some may even argue that the simplest form of doodling may not be as random as we think since the scribbles are a representation of our brains.

For Sijin Gopinathan, a Dubai-based Indian artist who works as a UI Designer, the art form represents a mix of emotions; he wants to spread positive thoughts through his work. Gopinathan uses different means for his artwork which include virtual and augmented reality, neon paint, conductive ink paint and many more. The contrasting qualities are displayed in all of his art projects.

Gopinathan has also live painted on many occasions. He is the first doodle artist in Dubai who live painted on a Mini Cooper during World Art Dubai 2021 at the Dubai World Trade Center. Other than that, Gopinathan has done five solo art exhibitions, over 20 group art exhibitions, seven art direction events and several non-profitable art workshops for children. Now, Gopinathan is also working on a global art campaign to create awareness of the mass deaths of birds across the globe.

Wanting to share his knowledge with emerging artists, Gopinathan also created an art group, “The Artist Network”, a platform where inspirational artworks are shared to motivate emerging artists across the world. The group also hosts exhibitions, live paintings, creative workshops and more.

In a conversation with City Times, Gopinathan talks about his goals and how live painting is a challenging process.

Why do you do what you do? As an artist, what are the goals you have set?

It’s a mix of emotions and while working on an art project, I always try to spread positive thoughts because I don’t encourage negativity and another reason is that, a good percentage of the world loves to buy encouraging and positive-themed artwork.