Original artwork description:

Ready to hang if shipped within the USA; for other destinations artwork will be rolled in a heavy duty cardboard tube; Guaranteed to cure the blues! - stretched canvas - You cant be serious! is an ironic statement - made on the occasion of the HIndu New Year in 2016 it depicts the villain of the Indian epic Ramayan in a rage; yet the effigies of the character made by hand of combustible materials are often more comical than devilish.

Painting has been my passion since my childhood. I wasn't able to study art in college. I learn from looking at the works of other artists and using my instincts and experimenting.

My art is a reflection of all things going on inside me. I internalize my environment and the critical elements show up in my work. These include abstracts, figurative compositions and realism. As a transplant to the US from India I experienced the angst caused by cultural and physical dislocation; with experience and time, the tensions between the pull of the homeland to the adopted land continue to shift and play into my work. Several recent paintings deal with my experience with change and the rate of transition in the 21st century. The mashing of global cultures and thought can be felt in the bewildering cast and the unprecedented etiquettes in several works. River of no Return, Immigrants etc. are part of the recent series that project the angst of entering a new era in human existence.

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canvas

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