This series speak of the new life I set up in London in 2022, a city shaped by bricks and sky - its architecture dense with memory, its weather shifting like emotion. That contrast became my starting point.
As our lives started creeping back to pre-pandemic normalcy, I created paintings that told their own story, drawing on everything they possibly dreamt or imagined in this past year. These paintings express fantasy, illusion, thoughts, ideas, and all else one may have imagined during their time alone during the pandemic.
In March 2020 soon after the global pandemic entered our lives and put everything as we knew it to be to a halt, I created paintings that were a rapid expression of my feelings and emotions, using my imagination and creativity with texture, form, color and technique.
These canvases express life and stories during the lockdown.
This 2019 series of works expressed a desire to connect life and energy. An emotion that speaks to the inner self and reflects not what is visible but what is rendered visible. Energy that flows from me to the viewer via the canvas.
These paintings are about the vigor and spirit in an urban environment.
These are a series of canvases inspired by the majestic beauty of the Pacific Northwest and the glorious hues that surround us through the different seasons.
These paintings are all about natural beauty surrounding the city I now call my own.
This collection of works is inspired by the spirit of Mumbai, the sheer resilience and fortitude of its people, its majestic skyline & the richness of its diversity. This city holds its own.
These paintings are about life in this metropolis.

These paintings portray the many facets of the woman as she struggles to find herself within different roles and relationships in her life.
These paintings are all about female individualism.
My commissioned works have been popular over the years. I can help to translate my vision and customize the piece to your space.
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My paintings begin with inspiration—an abstract idea, a memory, or a blend of personal and cultural experiences. Each canvas becomes a heightened expression of my inner world, shaped by the physical and emotional spaces I move through.
The Process
When I approach the canvas, I’m not trying to paint a scene as it appears. I break it apart, rebuild it, and amplify its essence so it sparks imagination. Over time, I’ve moved away from traditional tools and developed techniques that let me build and shape the surface. Every texture, mark, and layer adds meaning to the final work.
"In realistic art, the language is spoken directly on the surface. In abstract art, the language belongs entirely to the viewer. The process of creation is the same, but the understanding is beautifully fluid."
By removing literal imagery, my work invites the viewer to respond from a deeper, more subconscious place.
Reflection and Evolution
My process is a slow conversation with the canvas. I step back often, letting the work guide me. A painting may evolve over weeks or months, shaped by whatever I’m feeling in that moment. When I return the next day, I may see the same piece through a completely different emotional lens. That ongoing shift becomes part of the work itself.
For the Collector
My canvases are created to be lived with. Their layered textures and shifts of color reveal new details over time, offering moments of calm, curiosity, and quiet luxury. Collectors often describe them as artworks that transform with the room—intimate, atmospheric, and deeply personal.
This collection is a curated window into my world over the last decade—an exploration of fantasy, illusion, and the freedom of the abstract canvas.
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