Prakash Bal Joshi began drawing the moment he got hold of a chalk and slate and he drew a zero before writing down the first alphabet. Primarily a self taught artist, he spent a long time working on natural forms and through sheer observation and practice, mastered the finer nuances and subtleties of abstract art forms.

As a painter, he is spontaneous and his work is the culmination of deep thought process posing basic fundamental questions regarding his own existence. He switches effortlessly from using a pen to write his inner thoughts and observations to a pencil or a brush to express much more complicated inner turmoil. He has been holding pen and pencil together for more than three decades

Joshi's keen sense of observation also comes from being a veteran Mumbai based journalist who worked with several national publications including The Times of India. Having renowned painter Ara as a guide and father figure, he has developed his own style of expression. His ink pen lines on paper as well as brush strokes on canvas are equally spontaneous and powerful.

Two sharply crafted books, Maitrinichi Goshta ( A Friend's Story) in 1984 and Gateway in 1993,show a sensitive writer grappling with the complexities and contradictions of an urban lifestyle. Both the books are interspersed with thought-provoking sketches .

His first solo show at Artist's Centre, Mumbai in June 2006, “Gateway” included drawings in ink and abstract paintings based on inner perceptions of nature. Here, landscapes and human figures intermingle to form their own unique shapes and textures. Reflecting an inner turmoil, the paintings basically revolve around the eternal dilemma : who am I and why do I draw.

His work was part of a group show ´Explicit-Implicit” organized at Gallery-G, Maini Sadan - ,Bangalore and received good response . He has been invited by Gallery Vernissage in Osijek city , Croatia, to participate in an exhibition in July 2009 .

His work Igatpuri rains 1995 and Deep Blue have been selected for inclusion in a art book International Contemporary Masters 2009 , to be published by Omma Center of Contemporary Art