Why I do what I do
I miss colour. Growing up in India I was surrounded by exciting colours, something I did not appreciate until I moved to UK more than 3 decades ago. In particular, I miss the luxury of saris. Life in UK gives me less occasions for this indulgence.
As an artist, I am constantly looking for avenues to recreate the visual gratification of India, particularly the vibrance of saris. I respond to the inspiring landscape that surrounds me - Dorset - my home, and India, where I visit often. I may be painting Dorset but my palette allows me to be in India. It is as if I am wrapping the landscape with the richest silk sari I can conjure up, transforming it to a frame filled with loss and nostalgia for where I was born.
EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming: 2 paintings selected by judging panel for The Dorset Open 2025, Oct/Nov'25 at Dorset Museum & Gallery, Dorchester ~ group exhibition at Jubilee Hall, Poundbury Nov'25 ~ group exhibition by Dorset Colourists at Eype Centre for the Arts, June/July'26
~ 2025: selected for In Our Nature exhibition at the Fine Foundation Gallery at Durlston Country Park, Swanage ~ group exhibition at The Sherborne, Sherborne​ ~ 2024: solo exhibition at Duchess of Cornwall Inn, Poundbury, Dorchester; group exhibition at Tremenhere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance; Solo exhibition at The Duchess of Cornwall Hotel, Dorchester; Group exhibition at Chapel House, Penzance; Group exhibition at Dorchester County Hospital, Dorchester; Group exhibition at Springhead, Shaftesbury ~ 2023: Joint exhibition at Clare Hawkes Fine Art studio, Abbotsbury, Dorset; Group exhibition at East Lambrook Manor Gardens, Somerset ~ 2021: Group exhibition at Brick Lane Gallery, London; Solo exhibition at Goldbach Centre, Zürich ~ 2018: Group exhibition at Villa Meier-Severini, Zürich ~ 2017: Group exhibition at Villa Meier-Severini, Zollikon, Switzerland