It's all about Love..

Love is something I always wanted to paint about, but I knew that no matter what I did, I wouldn't be able to do justice to it. Love is everywhere, pervading into every aspect of our lives.

The hands represents the fact that love does not require a language to be expressed. It is universal, understood by all. 

Reflection of a Fantasy

Since as far back as I can remember, I have always been obsessed with the color pink, princesses and anything pretty.

Fluffy gowns and glistening pearls existed in books, but I was so deeply immersed in these fairy tales that I was sure they existed in reality too.

My dressing table is a reflection of these fantasies. 

My Brother

Equine Elegance

End of a Dream..

13 years flashed before my eyes as I lost myself in a daydream.

I saw the jungle gym I had played in as a child, the slides, the plastic houses. I also saw the arches, the pillars, the windows- all these visions filled my minds, blurring with time. The memories continued to fade.

I now saw myself at the end of an empty corridor. It was the end of a dream.  

Everything

It was my parents 25th anniversary, and I wanted to make something different from the usual cards or photo collages I made for them every year.

I wanted to make portraits of them individually and yet together.

The solution came to me out of the blue- I made pleats, and painted both their portraits on alternate sides.

Looking in the Mirror..

An Equine Tale

Oneness..

This is the result of an afternoon spent at the museum, sitting in the middle of the corridor and observing a gently carved piece of stone.

This was entirely a new experience for me, and I initially found it quite challenging to face the several comments and stares I received from the passers by.

I chose this particular statue to sketch as the broken, distorted and incomplete parts of the face intrigued me as they added to the mystery of the creation of the piece. 

Open Minds.. Open Doors..

I always find myself very dependent on reference and research, and usually spend a lot of time preparing for each work.  Experimental work is usually not my style, but one night I decided to try something different.

The watercolor eye is the result of a calm mind, observing things around it that it had never noticed before.

In Vogue!

A Glint of Gold..

Contemplation...

Rosè

Future Gaze

Pollo

Shadow of the Day

I started this painting with the final thought and worked backwards. I wanted my painting to have a shadow.

I remember watching dragonflies fluttering their gauzy wings in the hot sun when I visited my grandparents in the summer. I remember watching the quick movements of the dragonfly from one flower to another, casting its beautiful shadow on the beautiful flowers.

Thus, a dragonfly seemed like the perfect thing to paint.  

Blood, Sweat and Tears..

The terror attacks of 26/11 rocked the lives of every Mumbai citizen. I felt victimized even though I wasn't directly affected. Eyes  represent emotion. The left eye is symbolic of the fury and resentment among the people, and the right eye represents the helplessness and sadness.
The background too represents the thoughts and feelings of the people, expressed through grafitti and splashes of red.

The World is your Oyster

This was the first painting i made once I started preparing my portfolio. I started with a fresh mind, and a blank sheet of paper in front of me. The whiteness of the painting symbolises new thoughts, new ideas and a new beginning. My portfolio is representative of me- "All art is autobiographical, the oyster is the pearl's autobiography"

Divinity