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Recent work · 2024–

“Sometimes thoughts don’t need words… they just sit quietly, like a flower beside you. A pause, a breath, a space where the mind softens and listens.”

“Under Canopy of Greens” · 2025

“A young boy stands quietly beneath the shelter of large banana leaves. The bananas on his head look like a natural crown from the earth.”

Artist’s statement

They come to me They hold my hand They give me a brush Then sit quietly In front of me I put them on canvas I don’t paint Am not a painter

“Threads of Faith” · 2026

Showing at Sacred Fragments: A Journey Home, New Delhi, 18–21 October 2026.

“Every thread representing a hope, desire, promise, or prayer.”

Gone Are The Days · c. 2016–2018

“The shades that touched me, the live frames that seemed to tell a story larger than the attention they seemed to draw.”

Portraits · c. 2005–2015

Play of emotions, be it on the faces around her or on the canvas, have always fascinated her.

Eighteen exhibitions and art fairs · 2005–2018

Triveni Kala Sangam · India Habitat Centre · ICCR · Travancore Art Gallery · Lalit Kala Akademi · Nehru Art Gallery, Bombay.

“Each of these paintings reminds me I have yet to pick up many more hues to fill up some empty lines, some yet to be filled up nooks. I hope it would be a life-long unraveling with these tinges, an affair to last a lifetime…”

The work

“My paintings are just a representation of some and many others of the shades and paradigms that I picked up at different stages in my life.”

Gone Are The Days

2016 to 2018 · oil on canvas
Twenty Paise — oil on canvas
“Twenty Paise”48 × 36 in · 2016 to 2018Available
Gone Are The Days [A] — oil on canvas
“Gone Are The Days [A]”2016 to 2018Available
Gone Are The Days [B] — oil on canvas
“Gone Are The Days [B]”24 × 24 in · 2016 to 2018Available
The Cart-Man and the Rupaya — oil on canvas
“The Cart-Man and the Rupaya”48 × 36 in · 2016 to 2018Available
The Matka and the Coins — oil on canvas
“The Matka and the Coins”2016 to 2018Available
Patra Petika — oil on canvas
“Patra Petika”48 × 36 in · 2016 to 2018Available
Mother India — oil on canvas
“Mother India”48 × 36 in · 2016 to 2018Available
Shree 420 — oil on canvas
“Shree 420”48 × 36 in · 2016 to 2018Available
The Bullocks — oil on canvas
“The Bullocks”48 × 48 in · 2016 to 2018Available
The Cycle Rickshaw-wala — oil on canvas
“The Cycle Rickshaw-wala”36 × 48 in · 2016 to 2018Available
The Rickshaw-wala Resting — oil on canvas
“The Rickshaw-wala Resting”2016 to 2018Sold
Small Panel I — oil on canvas
“Small Panel I”2016 to 2018Available
Small Panel II — oil on canvas
“Small Panel II”2016 to 2018Available
Terracotta — oil on canvas
“Terracotta”36 × 36 in · 2015Available

Bandh Darwaze

Closed Doors · 2018 · 12 × 12 in each
Bandh Darwaze I — oil on canvas
“Bandh Darwaze I”12 × 12 in · 2018Available
Bandh Darwaze II — oil on canvas
“Bandh Darwaze II”12 × 12 in · 2018Available
Bandh Darwaze III — oil on canvas
“Bandh Darwaze III”12 × 12 in · 2018Available
Bandh Darwaze IV — oil on canvas
“Bandh Darwaze IV”12 × 12 in · 2018Available

Faith

2005 to 2015
The Blue Buddha — oil on canvas
“The Blue Buddha”36 × 48 in · 2005 to 2015Available
Buddha Under the Bodhi Tree — oil on canvas
“Buddha Under the Bodhi Tree”48 × 36 in · 2005 to 2015Available
Vakratunda — oil on canvas
“Vakratunda”48 × 30 in · 2005 to 2015Sold
Gayatri — oil on canvas
“Gayatri”48 × 30 in · 2005 to 2015Sold
The Aarti — oil on canvas
“The Aarti”48 × 36 in · 2005 to 2015Sold
The Peepal Shrine — oil on canvas
“The Peepal Shrine”2005 to 2015Sold
The Newspaper Reader — oil on canvas
“The Newspaper Reader”2005 to 2015Sold

Portraits

2005 to 2015
The Elder Woman — oil on canvas
“The Elder Woman”30 × 30 in · 2005 to 2015Available
The Red Turban — oil on canvas
“The Red Turban”30 × 30 in · 2005 to 2015Available
The Yellow Turban — oil on canvas
“The Yellow Turban”2005 to 2015Available
The Lattice Turban — oil on canvas
“The Lattice Turban”2005 to 2015Available
Mother and Son — oil on canvas
“Mother and Son”48 × 36 in · 2005 to 2015Available
The Chai Boy — oil on canvas
“The Chai Boy”2005 to 2015Sold
The Kadhai Seller — oil on canvas
“The Kadhai Seller”36 × 48 in · 2005 to 2015Sold
Three Women in Red — oil on canvas
“Three Women in Red”2005 to 2015Sold
The Doodhwala — oil on canvas
“The Doodhwala”48 × 36 in · 2005 to 2015Sold
The Boatmen — oil on canvas
“The Boatmen”36 × 48 in · 2005 to 2015Sold

Onset of Spring

2024 to 2026 · her own titles
Blooming Innocence — oil on canvas
“Blooming Innocence”36 × 48 in · 2024Available
Woman with Poppies — oil on canvas
“Woman with Poppies”36 × 48 in · 2024Available
Threads of Faith — oil on canvas
“Threads of Faith”36 × 30 in · 2026Available
Whispers of Stillness — oil on canvas
“Whispers of Stillness”24 × 24 in · 2024Sold
Petals of Thought — oil and pastel on canvas
“Petals of Thought”24 × 24 in · 2024On enquiry
Under Canopy of Greens — oil on canvas
“Under Canopy of Greens”36 × 36 in · 2025Available