“Finally, my very first art project.
Art48 has been an initiative…”
Botanical Watercolours
Ever since I visited the Botanical Garden in Madrid and their gallery, I couldn’t stop thinking about how thoughtful they have been at encouraging their artists. A group of water colour artists in Spain were given saplings of Tulips and had been asked to paint the growth of the plant. The artists took these plants back home and had taken good care of them. And then they had painted a botanical water colour of their own Tulip plant and submitted it to the Garden’s gallery for display.
I was very impressed with the administrators of this beautiful little Botanical Garden taking such an initiative to encourage artists. The art culture that surrounded this place seemed magical. Although ambitious of me, I would love to see something similar in India. It would be delightful to see people accepting and encouraging artists on such a level.
26 Love Letters
It is surprising how time just slips away when you are married. My art always takes a priority in my life yet it is very difficult to balance all aspects of your life. And sadly, I happened to take a hiatus from art because life happened. But I could not stay away from it for too long.
Twenty-six Love Letters, a collection of letters painted in calligraphy, is kind of an agenda for me to get back into my rhythm. I had been a calligraphy teacher previously as one of my endeavors. And with this idea, I brought that aspect of me alive once again. I tried to bring out meaning of each alphabet through associating it with brands, festive occasions and seasons. I hope you had fun looking at the paintings just as much as I had while painting it.
