Kolkata: World's fastest painter uses art to fight chronic schizophrenia Kolkata: The world's fastest painter uses colours and adhesives to fight his chronic mental illness. He makes an entire painting in just a few seconds. Parijoy Saha, a chronic schizophrenic, has set a record of finishing 51 paintings in just 35 minutes.

The 38-year old paints awfully fast. He has painted a whole picture in less than one second. That makes him the world record-holder for being the fastest painter.

"When I paint with fevicol and water colour on my hands, fingers and nails, the fevicol will dry up very fast. So automatically the paintings to be made had to be made fast," Saha says.

Saha is a chronic schizophrenic. For the past 10 years, he has been seeking release through colors to fight his hallucination and delusion. ...more    
09:28 AM, Dec 03, 2012