The Overlooked
Jaggu Prasad
Born in 1963, Jaggu Prasad is an Indian miniature painter renowned for his extraordinary precision and devotion to the art. Having started his artistic journey at the young age of 6, Jaggu Prasad, eventually learnt under the guidance of Padma Shree Kirpal Singh himself. As an artist Jaggu Prasad’s miniature creations invite the viewer to lean in. His uniquely realistic style, uses techniques like trompe l’oeil to give a hyper-real effect to his muse, nature. The microscopic brush strokes and intricate textures reward close inspection. Greatly insured by nature, in Prasad’s art you will find birds and insects are elevated from background motifs to central subjects—they occupy space with monumentality despite their size, their features rendered with a clarity that bridges observation and wonder. The result is miniature art that invites reflection, discovery, and appreciation of nature’s hidden architecture. As an independent artist, with decades of experience, his miniature paintings have reached both national and foreign exhibitions and galleries. Singapore, UK, Germany, France and the United States are just some of the places his works have featured in. For the minutest of details that give his work depth, he uses a single hair of an otter. His dedication to the craft and deep observation give a meaningful depth to all his artworks. If you want to have a painting where you can find depth in each stroke, artworks by Jaggu Prasad are exactly what you need.
Description
In 'The Overlooked', Jaggu Prasad turns his gaze toward the often unseen custodians of beauty—dragonflies, beetles, snails, and butterflies that flutter and crawl at the periphery of our notice. Set upon the open pages of an aged folio, the artist stages a quiet meeting between earth and air: the left page teems with dragonflies skimming above a pond, while the right celebrates the fragile splendour of butterflies and moths. Each creature is drawn with scientific precision yet painted with the tenderness of admiration, restoring dignity to what is small and easily forgotten. There’s a quiet humility to this work—an acknowledgment that wonder often lives in the margins. Through fine layering of colour and meticulous detailing, Prasad creates not merely an illustration but a meditation on observation itself. Every line and hue becomes a reminder that nature’s lesser-known beings carry their own stories, shimmering just beyond the obvious.
This contemplative 25 x 17 inch watercolour on paper is perfect for collectors of natural history art, quiet observers of life’s details, and those who believe beauty resides in the unnoticed.
Why This Artwork Stands Out:
- Handcrafted by Jaggu Prasad ji - a master of Miniature art
- Celebrates the unsung poetry of small creatures with lifelike precision
- A museum-worthy folio ideal for collectors, educators, and art lovers of the natural world
Invite The Overlooked into your space—a tribute to the delicate lives that exist just beneath our gaze.
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Jaggu Prasad
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Unique Practice
Uses a paintbrush with only a single hair of an otter to achieve the minutest details and ‘dot-man-ship