The artist: Brij Sondhi, Meerut, India What started as a burst of creative energy with Brij Sondhi 47 yrs ago has now become a consuming passion. Brij M. Sondhi painted his first piece when at college, which led first to his maiden solo exhibition, and then to greater creations.    Being an engineer by profession and an artist by preference, Brij started and continues to paint without formal training, which makes his creations an expression of his untutored creative urge and a manifestation of his unfettered personality. Being essentially a people's person, his earlier sketches and oils were portraits of faces that lingered in his memory. He has moved now to landscapes and scenes that carry an essential resonating theme- water and bear inspirations from his travels through Africa, Asia and North America - his canvases revealing an artist's interpretation of the mundane.    brijsondhi@msn.com His exhibits: 'Deluge'- depicts an evening in the season of monsoon in Assam-[North East India] where he took his newly wedded bride- now his wife of 41 years.   'Passion for Glory' - is an ode to the resilient and indefatigable human spirit that makes legends of mortals.    Having witnessed as a young boy of 10 yrs the Partition of India and the ensuing riots that devastated the nation - one the worst human tragedies of his time- the artist has dedicated this oil painting to a generation that lost everything and yet grew up to give the world some of it's most successful personalities.