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 mother for his birthday. The thing is that his mother died young and there are […]
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’ for the most part as youth goes but stupid in quite a few others. Now […]
Carol has been a long standing client and now a friend. She had an old teak wood table that had been lying around at home. Not really being given the place it should have for its history and long standing service to the family. So she called and asked that I paint it as a […]
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 took a little while to get comfortable with it again. You can see some more […]
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 set of for her place armed with a book and a cup of hot chai […]
A girl and her cat! This is Zoya and Chloe. Acrylics on canvas. Approx 18×20 inches. I’ve known Zohara a long time but we have never ever really got around to talking about my work/painting. So I was pleasantly surprised when she asked if I would paint a portrait of her daughter and their cat. […]
The Covidart/ Covid Mask series have gained some followers. After being contacted by ‘Faces of the Front Line Organization’, I was pleasantly surprised to receive a similar request through Instagram to share the artwork on ‘The Mind Gallery’s website and social media handles. I said yes 🙂 And all the ‘Mask’ series paintings depicting these […]
I have spent the last few months concentrating on painting and home. I only just remember to post once a month here on the blog and every couple of days on Instagram. So imagine my surprise when I got a message on Instagram asking me if I would be ok with sharing some of my […]
Ginger. Acrylics on Canvas. Approx 16×20 inches. Rajesh and Nina got in touch with me a few months ago. It was originally to buy prints and then also to do a custom piece of their little one who was getting on in age. Ginger has been a delight to paint. Both with her white muzzle […]
This was one of the tougher commissions I have worked on. Anita got in touch with me about two months ago just after I had finished painting Nishi and her dad. We sort of went back and forth for a while regarding suitable reference images. The images that I finally got were not really workable […]