Buy from living artists. The dead ones don’t need the money. About 14 years ago on a trip abroad with my husband, we found ourselves at the lounge at Brussels airport. The place was packed but we managed to find a table. Sat down and looked up to see a lady with a full plate […]
“I paint on anything and everything. A lot of effort goes into what I call ‘practice sessions’. Sometimes I may develop the initial sketch as a finished piece even though it started out as a practice session. Sometimes I leave it at the point where I have learnt or ‘practiced’ what I set out to […]
I won! And the best part – I had no clue that I was even in the running! Some one from YourStory wrote to tell me that they had nominated my name for an award and that someone from the awards organization would get in touch with me. I thanked the said person and promptly […]
Continuing in the series of narratives – story telling through pictures – the effort would be incomplete without a questing, trusting nose in connection with Rakesh Shukla. Rakesh is the founder of The Voice of Stray Dogs (VoSD) and the inspiration behind The Poonchh Collection. There is nothing more wonderful than waking up to a wet […]
I asked my husband and kids – what do you think the dog is saying to Rakesh? And their answer was – ‘I looooove you‘. Though it was said with a scrunched up face and a gooey mushy voice. I think the little one is saying that too. But over and above the love I […]
He jokes about a rugged man who can trace his roots to Azamgarh. Quotes often from Anuraag Kashyap films like Dev D and Gangs of Wasseypur. He can and does draw parallels with real life to plots from Vishal Bhardwaj films like Omkara, Haider and Ishqiya. Wears a gamucha around is neck/face when he works […]
Literally. I actually did make/paint this cover 🙂 The Good Homes December 2012 issue celebrates everything that is art! To commemorate this special issue they asked three artists – Nilofer Suleman, Viveek Sharma and me 🙂 to paint what a ‘Good Home’ meant to each one of us. I am really thrilled to be in […]
While cleaning out my (art) closet, I found a truck load of memories and loads of inspiration. This past year as you all know has been very busy. And time has just flown. Can you believe it is already halfway through May!! I have been so caught up in life and in ‘production’, that I […]
I was cleaning out some old papers this afternoon. And I stumbled across some sketches and doodles that I did almost 20 years ago!! One such sketch is this one of my husband, Supreet. It’s pretty good even if I say so myself 🙂 I should get back to pure drawing and sketching. It’s been […]