Shirish is an artist, author and trainer based in a very populous city called Pune, in a very populous country called India.

Shirish has worked in the thriving Indian software industry for nearly two decades. But his art is his main passion (apart from family, fitness, books, movies, adventure sports, music and scuba diving, not necessarily in that sequence).

Shirish works in several media like pen & inks, watercolors, oil colors, acrylics and digital painting. He paints various themes like landscapes, figures and urban sketches. He is an active member of the Urban Sketchers community.

Shirish is an author of multiple-dozens of books about sketching and painting in four languages (so far).

Shirish regularly conducts workshops for sketching, and has participated in several exhibitions since 2016. His sketches and paintings are present in private collection in India as well as in other countries.