Uncle Nirhali
Uncle Nirhali 15×15 inches Acrylics on canvas The reference for this painting had been sitting in a folder marked ‘to do’ for almost a decade. I saved the image from my friend Saarus’s Facebook page many moons ago- with the…
Category Portraits
Coco – Kavita’s angel
Coco 24×24 inches Approx Acrylics on canvas Coco was special. She was ‘home’ to Kavita. Coco was her eldest daughter and when she passed on it was heartbreaking. Kavita wanted me to paint Coco with angel wings as for the…
Mamta Sharma Das
Mamta Sharma Das 9×18 inches approx Acrylics on Canvas . There are times I see an interesting face on Instagram or Facebook and bookmark it. Sometimes I want to paint it for practice but since I don’t have permission I…
Art on reclaimed wood and paper packaging
Yes, I am a hoarder though not in the conventional sense. But if I see use in something then I find it hard to let go. If I see use in something but I can’t use it – I pass…
Ben and the Art of Pandemic commissions
The Internet is a wonderful place – it fosters connections that I did not think could or would happen. Facebook and the blog have been in hibernation for a while as far as me and my work is concerned. But Instagram…
Three Sardars
I get enquiries from far and wide sometimes from recommendations and then sometimes because someone chanced upon my work somewhere at some time. Balinder reached out to me with three really striking pictures that he wanted me to paint. The…
A vintage photograph/portrait
I don’t usually take commissions where the source image is small or grainy/not high resolution enough. But this one is special. It’s a request from an old school friend. She wanted me to paint a portrait of a dear friend’s…
For Aunty Sheela Jaywant
I was in boarding school from 10th to12th grade. And uncle and aunty Jaywant were my local guardians for a year during that period. They were wonderful and I was a hell razing teenager! I would like to believe ‘Okay’…
A box for Sanjana
Some commissions take you out of your comfort zone. This box for Sanjana, was a little like that. Now I have painted Memory boxes before, but this one was done after quite a long break from that style so it…
Mogu
Mogu. Acrylics on canvas (set of three). 8×10 inches. A friend was going to be out of town for a few days and I offered to baby- dog – sit for her. So every afternoon my daughter and I would…