The 3rd Generation of Art

       This is my grandfather Mr.Navaneetha krishnan who was responsible for our Artist family. Myself is our 3rd generation in Art. He was popularly know as "Artoys Navaneethan" in our region. Artoys is the name of our studio. He learnt Art from his guru Mr.Ramasubhu in nagercoil and later he started his own studio at Ambasamudiram and my father was a kid in that time. soon after my father learnt art from my grandpa in his teenage and started helping in the studio and then they relocated to tirunelveli. Later my two paternal uncle's were join with him and started working. When i was a small kid i used to watch all of them and sat next to my grandpa watching what he is doing in his canvas?? that was my great inspiration which made me to start create art. Recently a person (my friend) who comes to know our family. He was so excited and asked me "how a business family can create art and surviving still  depending only art for the 3rd generation?"" Thats really a great compliment for our family. Because my great grandfather Mr.Swamynathan was doing business and textile merchant. But my grandpa was not interested to make business because our great grandpa was failed in his business due to some reason when my grandpa was a kid. So he hate business and before completing his 7th class he went to join his guru to learn art. I could proudly say that i am rolling in our 3rd generation depending only art. Two of my cousin's were studied art and working now. My father still painting his canvases and the portrait of my grandpa painted by my father.