Art to me is a meditative medium for contemplation and personal expression. Through Art I connect to my self and with others. It is my medium of connection, collaboration, and unification. I believe the universal language of visual art is healing and powerful. Art helps me understand different cultures, differing ideas, my surroundings, the connections to the material manmade world and natural world which is rapidly changing .
My Art is influenced by my work with grass root organizations and academic research. I share my passion for art with my community by giving considerable amounts of time volunteering with various local organizations.
I make drawings/sketches reflecting my thoughts, or a concept and then assemble these drawings together geometrically to create a painting, much like the process of creating architectural conceptual designs.
My Paintings are inspired by my cultural roots to India and my life as an immigrant in the United States. I draw inspiration from Indian mythology, philosophy, early Bengal School of Painting and Western Geometric Abstraction creating my own hybrid style reflecting on my own hybrid identity. I superimpose the traditional figurative drawings, geometric forms and symbolisms from ancient Indian iconography with modern expressionism creating a cyclical journey that joins the past to the present. Merging conscious storytelling and symbolism to the subconscious realm of abstract expressionism. I combine the East with the West, the spiritual and the aesthetic, the ancient philosophy and iconography to modern narratives.
In my paintings I explore effects of climate change in the places I have lived, diaspora, environmental and Eco migration, hybrid identities and gender egalitarianism. I use acrylic paint on canvas for paintings/collages and black India ink and watercolor for works on paper.