The Artist-painter Chitra Ramanathan's Major Commission for the MGM Mirage Group's Cafe Bellagio in

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(Free-Press-Release.com) February 5, 2005 -- The paintings each measuring four feet by six feet in dimension, are based on her 1998 and 2000 originals titled "A Momentary Glance", and "Coruscation" repsectively, which in turn were selected by the MGM Mirage Group from one of the websites featuring Chitra's work.

Chitra has successfully held several solo and group exhibitions of her paintings on Broadway, New York since 1995, following a large solo exhibition of her paintings at the ARC Gallery/Educational Foundation in Chicago, Illinois in 1994. Her work has been acquired for collections around the United States and in Europe.

Chitra holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting with Honors, and a Masters degree in Business Administration both from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. Several websites feature her biography as well as images of her colorful, often large scale, mixed media acrylic,abstract paintings in her signature style. Chitra has recently joined the Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis as Art Center faculty.

Websites featuring Chitra Ramanathan's paintings/biographies:

http://www.galleries-online.co.uk/art_gal_img.cfm?imageid=755&artistid=134
http://www.collegeart.org/news/2004/July/peopleinthenews.html
http://www.askart.com/artist/R/chitra_ramanathan.asp?ID=130159
http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/c/chitraramanathan/
http://www.indplsartcenter.org/html/about_faculty.html
http://www.indyarts.org/artists_list.aspx?D=All&A=R
http://www.yourart.com/a-z.php?section=R
http://hometown.aol.com/cramanat/myhomepage/index.html

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