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 […]
Muffin 24×24 inches Approx Acrylics on canvas . Gina lost Muffin to tick fever quite unexpectedly. And it has been difficult for her to get over the loss. Gina’s daughter Ketaki reached out to me to paint Muffin for her mother as a birthday gift. After an initial conversation as we were deciding on which […]
Uncle Rameshchandra Vasant 16×20 inches Acrylics on canvas This is a portrait of my friend @vinaydiddee – Vinay Diddee’s late father-in-law. He wanted it done as a gift for his wife… I finished the painting a few weeks ago but just never got around to posting it. The fact that my phone camera has been […]
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 thought that I would attempt the portrait when skill levels improved. A few weeks ago […]
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 family Coco watches over them now and always will… This commission was a joy to […]
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 don’t share that work. This particular painting is of Mamta of @thebohobaalika. I digress but […]
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 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 is hale and hearty. I follow a lot of people and a lot follow me. […]
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 first obvious question was if he had the requisite permissions for me to use them […]
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 […]