A young Bangladeshi artist, who specializes on miniature works of art, is hoping that his works would be included in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Highly-talented artist Mintu Dey already has 15 works on mustard seed, two on hair strands, and three miniature books, one of which contains sketches of 48 world-renowned personalities, including Mao Zedong, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela.

"I expect that at least seven to eight of my artworks are worthy enough for inclusion in Guinness Book of World Records," Dey told Xinhua Sunday.

He has drawn Leonardo da Vinci`s Mona Lisa in acrylic on a 0.7 mm by 0.5 mm piece of paper.

Dey said that in 2007, he drew the Mona Lisa which is so far the smallest in the world. "I feel very proud, because I made the replica of Leonardo da Vinci`s Mona Lisa on the smallest canvas," Dey said.

Dey claimed that earlier, British artist Andrew Nicholas drew the smallest Mona Lisa, on an 11 mm by 7 mm canvass.

"From my childhood I tried to make something exceptional. It was my target," Dey said.

Dey, born in a village of Barrackpur in the country`s southwestern Khulna region in 1978, obtained his Master`s in Fine Arts in drawing and painting from the University of Development Alternative, a leading private university in Dhaka.

The serene beauty of the rural village by the River Bhairab inspired Dey to paint a landscape on paper in 1998, which was his first miniature art.

"Guinness World Book keeps record of exceptional and astonishing achievements. I think my artworks could be included in Guinness Book of World Records," Dey said.

Source: Xinhua
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