untitled

Head

Elephant agitated 2010

Acrylic and crayon on paper

self portrait 2000

pencil on paper

yoruba girl 2000

pencil on paper

consolation, image from partition of India in 1947 a sketch: 2010

pencil on paper

Beast concept art

concept and notes on paper

beast color study: acrylic on pvc table mat

Study of a three horned head of an elder 2004

pencil on paper

Moon hurts I & II -sketches: 2010

Pencil on paper

I was thinking of women, especially the women I have known in my life , and the traumas they went through. From the painful puberty, the sudden separation from home after marriage, the bloody child birth, the hard middle age, the lonely withering to death.

Learning from the Gurus...Odilon Redon: Beatrice

Love this work by Odilon Redon. So with a few crayons from my daughter I tried copying the master....didnt come out well though...obviously!
Image of the original can be seen here

I love..

Tokyo Monagatari (Tokyo Story)

He is risen from the flower..

acrylic on paper: 2009

Babel

acrylic on paper : 2009
Story of babel is highly relevant in our times , especially in India.

1947

acrylic on paper : 2009

Partition of India, which led to one of the largest human migration in history ( approximately 15 million people ) with Muslims from India moving into Pakistan and Hindus from Pakistan moving into India. This migration split, uprooted families and villages and made millions homeless. Millions more were dead due to starvation and by large scale communal violence that erupted amidst it.
This work is inspired by the photographs of partition taken by Margaret Bourke-White which appeared in Life magazine

frog II

acrylic on paper : 2009

from the sketch book..

study of an african mask: pencil on paper

I love African sculptures and ceremonial masks. We had couple of them in our home when we were in Nigeria. They were Yoruba masks and were different than this. I love this mask because it reminds me of Modigliani paintings. I am sure he must have studied masks similar to these, as they were quite a rage in Paris during that time.

frog I

frog: acrlylic on paper

Head...1996

With eyes closed- self portrait .... 2001

acrylic on canvas

The walk

Acrylic on paper