Dattatraya Apte is driven by surfaces which invite him to look at, smell and feel by moving hands over them with purposeful analytical thoughts; to understand the structure, character of the material, colour, arrangement of various elements, natural or altered with human intervention become a starting point for his work. The environment in which one lives or has lived, witness changes, brought in by various factors, for years together, through all seasons, leave various abstract impressions. These impressions linger in his mind and oscillate like a pendulum of the eternal clock of the life cycle. Prompting hims to concentrate his thoughts and energies toward his practice. He lives and works in Noida, Uttar Pradesh