Of Rothko and Pollock…
Continuing my series of self portraits through narrative story telling, I find myself spending a lot of time dealing with issues that crop up every once in a while. And issues that have for what ever reason been easier to…
Category Acrylics
Art Exhibition at Go Native, Bangalore – Nov 2019
It’s been a while since I have shown any work anywhere. No special reason for that. It just worked out that way. Have been really busy at home. My husband has been travelling and I have two teenage kids at…
The hard knocks of life
This dog reminded me of an old man. Someone who has been knocked down by life more times than is fair. Someone who has more salt than pepper in his hair but still sees colour in the world around him.…
In a coffee table book no less!
My regular readers will know just how much fun I have at Royal Enfield’s Rider Mania. This last year I went to paint two custom helmets for them and I came back a thousand times richer in the friends I…
Sadhu(s) on a plate!
You all know me and re-cycling/ up- cycling! If there is still life left in it – you know I will figure out use for it 🙂 A few years ago (in 2013) I had papered some old melamine plates…
That Parka
This piece started with the objective of trying to practice and hone my skills. It was about trying to do the inner fleece of the parka with some finesse. But as often happens – the painting took on life and…
A Helmet for Chris
I met Chris Venter at the Royal Enfield Rider Mania 2018 in Goa. I was painting custom helmets for Royal Enfield at their art stall. Chris stopped by and we got talking. He talked about how much he loved India…
Nazar Battoo’s for the KIAL Bangalore airport
My work has more often than not had an element of good luck/ keeping the faith/warding of evil. So it is no surprise that my dearest friend – Meghna Vakada – asked me to paint three Nazar Battoo paintings for…
Trompe l’oeil
Trompe-l’œil (French for “deceive the eye”, is an art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions. I stumbled across artists who use this technique to perfection and after trying…
Shiva – The start of the journey…
Shiva 39×39 inches Acrylics on canvas I started a portrait of him many years ago. At first, it was just a nebulous idea and I had an even less profound reason for painting him. And then while reading about him…