Osian's Auction Catalogue Indian Modern and Contemporary Art | March 2008

145 ‘Working with water colours often produces an unexpected result which borders purely on chance. Artists frequently allow several colours to follow and mix freely on the paper itself to create this ‘chance’ effect rather than pre-mixing them on their palette. In Paresh’s practiced hand, the chance turned into a skill of high order…Paresh has time and again demonstrated how he has exercised skill and control to bring about the chance element inherent in accidental encounters. Instead of capturing faithfully the transient beauty of Nature alone, his creative ‘eye’ sees beyond Nature, beyond formal beauty, and gets to the essence of a visual and emotional experience.’ – Arun Ghosh rpt. in Paresh Maity The Formative Years CIMA ExC 1997.