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 […]
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. […]
Buy from living artists. The dead ones don’t need the money. About 14 years ago on a trip abroad with my husband, we found ourselves at the lounge at Brussels airport. The place was packed but we managed to find a table. Sat down and looked up to see a lady with a full plate […]
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 […]
“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 […]