The Three Grandkids 24×24 inches Acrylics on canvas Sometime mid last year I got a lovely message from Kiranmayi. She wanted to know if I would be free to paint a combined portrait of her children and their cousin for her mother’s 70th birthday this Jan. Now even if I did not have time, I […]
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 it on to someone who can. Many years ago when we were moving into our […]
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 […]
The image you see on top is of my living area at 11.53 pm on Saturday the 28th of March 2020 A chance conversation with a friend who lives in an upscale place in Mumbai sparked an idea for me. We were talking about her help having to go home to a small ‘kholi‘ measuring […]
“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 […]
It is always a joy and privilege to interact with young minds. I had one such opportunity last week. I was called upon to judge an art completion for school children organized by the Rotary Club Bangalore’s Indira Nagar Branch. Rang Rotary Ke Sang was organized on the 19th of January 2020 at the Bal […]
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 home. That should be enough explanation!! 🙂 I am very happy to say that I […]
I rarely get to travel sans family. So this five day trip to Kashi was special. Made more so because I went with three girlfriends. One of whom is Roopa Pai. Roopa was going for ‘The Bookaroo Children’s Literary Festival’ and the three of us decided to give her some company. I loved Kashi/Varanasi/Banaras with […]
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 made. Since there were so many people taking pictures/videos and going ‘live’ from the venue […]