My paintings focus on the current world environment – on the pollution, the violence and the discord. Just like me, my work is not overtly or obviously political, but instead of anger, I tend to utilize a subtle, dark and wry humour, drawing viewers into a world where thoughts are as visible as “reality”, and where the protagonists live and metamorphose by the logic of that world.
The paintings are based on my drawings, and my drawing books are like a daily journal, a chronicle of my thoughts, observations, emotions and experiences. I am interested creating paintings that have a smooth physical surface but are visually and psychologically layered. My deep concern for the environment, my undergraduate training in advertising, graphics and typography, my love for Indian miniatures, comic books and contemporary street art all have culminated into the body of work included in the show “One Life on Earth”.
When the works are viewed, I hope the specifics of the stories and the meaning of each image become unimportant, and all that is felt and remembered is the universality of the human experience.
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