ABOUT ME
Background
Tushar grew up in the Indian suburbs surrounded by lush green farms and vineyards. He was taught the basics of art under his guru and art professor, Girish Sahadeo, but also gained a lot of his knowledge through independent study and practice. His artistic talent became evident in the very early years of his life. Annual summer vacations at his grandparent’s countryside home were very inspiring to the young artist who spent most of his time drawing and sketching the scenery, always managing to capture the rustic allure of the Indian countryside.
At the age of just 12 years old, Tushar won first prize and a National Award in a Drawing Competition amongst 1 million students who participated that year across the whole of India.
A year before that at the age of 11, he was amongst the top 2 winners in a similar national level painting competition and has continued to win many state, national and international awards for his paintings.
His passion in the field of art led him to choose Architecture at university. After completing his Bachelor’s degree, he decided to further explore art in the field of Design and thereafter undertook a Master’s Degree course wherein he studied Product Design, from one of the leading institutes in India, The Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.
Tushar embarked on his professional career as a Creative Designer, designing watches for multinational brands like Timex as also other such companies. His move to London in 2006 saw him working for a design patent company that helped aspiring designers to conceptualise their ideas into working products. His experience also includes designing pieces for Hollywood movies while as a designer for a high-end jewellery brand.
Even with his professional success as a designer, there was something Tushar had ignored which was his innate need to paint. After few years of sabbatical, he rekindled his love affair and went back to his canvases and paintbrushes and has not looked back since.
After being a weekend painter for years Tushar now paints full time.
Podcasts and Talks
Tushar has been a guest on a couple of podcasts where he was invited to share his artistic journey experiences and his plein air working practice.
These are available on all podcast channels like Youtube, Spotify and Apple podcast. Below are the links to listen and watch them.
Painting Insights Podcast:
Ask an Artist Podcast:
Artful:Minds Podcast:
Gallery Representation
Tushar Sabale is represented by some of the very well known galleries in the country like the Adrian Hill Fine Art gallery, in Holt and Stamford, Signet Contemporary Art Gallery, Chelsea, The Point Contemporary Gallery in Cromer, Norfolk and The Russell gallery in Putney where he exhibits regularly.
You can browse some of his works from Adrian Hill Fine Art Gallery here:
https://www.adrianhillfineart.com/product-category/artists/tushar-sabale/
You can browse some of his works from Signet Contemporary Art Gallery here:
https://signetcontemporaryart.com/artists/tushar-sabale/
You can browse some of his works from Point Contemporary Art Gallery here:
Live Painting
Tushar Sabale paints at Live events and weddings. For more information, bookings and pricing please visit the FAQ page on the above tabs and scroll through to read.
See the examples of his Wedding paintings here: Live Wedding Paintings
Workshops and Demos
For more information about Demos, Workshop and Art Retreats, please visit the tab above or click below
Links
- Read About ‘The Wapping Group of Artists’ : https://thewappinggroupofartists.co.uk/index.php
- Watch a small clip about the Wappers from 1956 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh_FlHQR7pA
- Read About ‘The Chelsea Art Society’ : https://chelseaartsociety.org.uk/about/
- Read About ‘The British Plein Air Painters’: https://www.britishpleinairpainters.co.uk/
Tushar Sabale is an award winning Indian born, British artist based in London.
He was awarded ‘The Rosemary Brushes Award’ at the Royal Institute of Oil painters (ROI) 2024 annual show at the Mall galleries.
Tushar mainly paints from life and plein air (French term for outdoors) in oil colours but occasionally enjoys painting objects and has transitioned from painting portraits to landscapes in recent years.
He places his work between Impressionism and Realism with some Luminist touches.
Board Director and Trustee
Since 2026, Tushar Sabale has been appointed as a ‘BOARD DIRECTOR’ and ‘TRUSTEE’ of ‘Broadway Museum & Art Gallery’.
Broadway Museum & Art Gallery is a heritage museum and art gallery located in Broadway, Worcestershire, England — in the heart of the Cotswolds. It is supported by Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
The museum is dedicated to preserving and celebrating the rich history and cultural significance of Broadway. It exhibits local and international art, including works and stories from the Broadway Colony of artists like John Singer Sargent, Frank Millet, Edwin Abbey, William Morris and others who lived and visited Broadway.
The gallery exhibitions include Cabinets of Curiosities, fine art, decorative arts, and rotating shows that connect local history with creativity.
“It is truly an honour to be entrusted with this responsibility, and I look forward to contributing meaningfully to its vision and legacy and strengthen the institution’s mission in the years ahead”.
Ambassador
- Broadway Arts Festival: Tushar Sabale is an official Ambassador to the biennially celebrated ‘Broadway Arts festival’. The beautiful Broadway village, in Cotswold, has a unique artistic heritage and an enduring relationship with a world-famous colony of American artists and writers, who visited and worked in this village in the late 19th century. John Singer Sargent started his iconic painting, ‘Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose’ in Broadway when he resided here as a part of the colony. The aim of the festival is to create a sustainable environment to inspire, educate, encourage and support Broadway as an internationally recognised centre for the arts.
- Ampersand: Tushar Sabale is an official Ambassador to Ampersand Art Supplies that has a history of providing the most innovative, enduring, and superior quality panels and complementary products for artists across the world.
London Plein Air Painters
In the summer of 2021, Tushar Sabale along with Carol Owen founded ‘London Plein Air Painters’, a plein air group of like minded artists who come together to paint in the city of London what ever the weather. The idea is to build and support a FREE non-judgemental and friendly community for artists to paint together.
Memberships
- The Wapping Group of Artists: Tushar is an elected member and on the council of the esteemed ‘The Wapping Group of Artists’, established in 1946 with only 25 full members at any given time. He has been appointed as the ‘Social Media Secretary’ of the Group since 2024. Every week, the group meets at selected locations along the River Thames to paint the changing views of London through the years and holds an exhibition of the member’s works annually.
- Chelsea Art Society : Tushar is an an elected member and also on the council of the prestigious ‘The Chelsea Art Society’. Its one of the oldest Art societies, founded in 1910, that has survived two world wars and is still going strong. The society holds two shows yearly- the ‘Annual Summer Show’ and the ‘Members Only Autumn Show’.
- The British Plein Air Painters: Tushar is also a member of ‘The British Plein Air Painters’, a group of professional artists based in the UK that share a passion for painting outdoors, in front of the subject, and capturing the essence of their surroundings with freshness and energy. The limit of the artists has been set to under 30.
Awards and Prizes
Tushar has won number of awards through his journey as an artist
He is the recipient of ‘The Rosemary Brushes Award’ at the ‘Royal Institute of Oil painters’ (ROI) 2024 annual show for the expressive brushwork for his painting Rainy Day, Pall Mall. READ MORE
Tushar was awarded, ‘The Green and Stone’ Main prize at the Annual Summer of 2023, for his painting, ‘Girl on a Piano’, an award of £10,000 which is a fully funded solo show for the artist who exhibits a real feeling for their medium and its aesthetic potential. READ MORE
In the same year, he was also awarded the prestigious, ‘Cadogan Award’ at the Annual summer show of ‘Chelsea Art society’ 2023. His painting was chosen amongst more than 1000 paintings by Lord Cadogan for the award for portraying true spirit and culture of the Chelsea community. READ MORE
Tushar had a great honour of being an invited artist of the curator and judge Adebanji Alade President od Royal Institute of Oil painters, for ‘ING Discerning Eye’ 2024 Annual Exhibition at the Mall galleries. READ MORE
In 2025, Tushar was presented a ‘Distinguished Alumni Award’ by his Alma Mater ‘Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur India for ‘Excellence in Arts’. He was one of the 40 recipients from last 65 years of the institute’s history. READ MORE
Tushar is one of the Finalist at ‘The Almenara Art Prize 2025’ an international painting competition hosted at Córdoba, Spain for his painting, ‘Summer rain at Pall Mall’. READ MORE
He has won many prizes at the Plein Air Competitions in the past including ‘The Great Broadway Painout’ in 2021 and 2022.
Tushar has also won two ‘National Awards’ and three ‘State level awards’ in India for his paintings at various competitions.
Judge and Guest of Honour
Tushar has been on a ‘Panel of Judges’ and a ‘Guest of honour’ on many occasions:
- Judge: ‘The Great Broadway Paint Off’, Broadway Arts Festival June 2026- forthcoming.
- Judging Panel : ‘Art in the City’ Gloucester’s Plein Air Competition, August 2026- forthcoming.
- Main Prize Judge : ‘Broadway Arts Festival’, Annual Art Competition, 2025
- International Ambassador and Invited artist : 8th International Plein Air Festival, Normandy, France 2025
- Judging Panel : ‘Art in the City’ Gloucester’s Plein Air Competition, 2025
- Council Member and Selection Committee member: ‘Chelsea Art Society’ – Annual Summer Show, 2025
- Judging Panel : Woking Art Society’-Annual Spring Exhibition, 2025
- Main Prize Judge : ‘Broadway Arts Festival’, Annual Art Competition, 2024
- Judging Panel : ‘Cookham Arts Club’ Annual Summer Show, 2024
- Judging Panel : ‘Art in the City’ Gloucester’s Plein Air Competition, 2024
- Judge : ‘Enplein Air with Tushar Sabale’ Plein Air Competition at Cookham Festival, 2024
- ‘Guest of Honour’ and Judge: ‘Dorking Group of Artists’- Annual Spring Exhibition, 2023
- Judging Panel: ‘Chelsea Art Society’ Plein Air Competition- Annual Summer Show, 2023
- ‘Art Critique’: Walton Art Club, 2023
- ‘Guest of Honour’: Latur School of Art, India, 2022
- Judging Panel : Woking Art Society’-Annual Spring Exhibition, 2022
Landscape Artist of the Year, Sky Arts
Tushar appeared on ‘ Landscape Artist of the Year’- Series 8 as one of the Pod artists that was aired on Sky Arts on 8 February 2023 filmed at Royal Ascot.
Written and Published Articles
In the recent past Tushar has been a contributor for magazines like ‘The Artist’ sharing his thoughts and processes on topics like painting plein air, interiors, live wedding and so on.
Below are links to some of those snippets: