Bhopal, Mar 27: I started painting as I come into conscious. I was always inspired with my mother. I feel that awareness is necessary at every step of life and I got inspiration from her awareness. Beginning of writing literature was started with the tradition of marriages when my mother asked me to write Dohas on Dhoti ceremony whereas photography was begun as I was working in my uncle's cinema. In this way I started in working in three fields.

The renowned artist, Naval Jaiswal says about his journey of art about his beginning in these fields.

Jaiswal is life time member in national and international institutions says that at present he is busy in literary services seriously and intensively. Goddess Saraswati has blessed me in such a way that gave me inspiration to do this work. I always did something new. My six paintings are collected in New York at present which were taken there by archaeologist , Vishnu Vakankar. He tells that his memorable paintings are on Tantra and Yoga. He said that he did his creation after studying Valmiki, Vyas and Prem Chand. As they are my ideals , he said.

He says that if camera is in his hands then it never happens that picture is not shot. It is automatically created whatever I desire.

Jaiswal who is first painter and publisher and litterateur of the country and his painting is centered on it.

His two stories, two poetry and a play have been published till date.

He has participated in several exhibitions of paintings and photography competitions held in country and abroad. His paintings have been included in the publication of International Asia of UNESCO. Whereas he was awarded in Japan for his paintings. He is one of the top ten painters of the country was given award by Federation of International Photographic Art recognised with UNESCO. He recently got fellowship from Makhan Lal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism on photo journalism.