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Collisions and Mutations

As an artist with a strong interest in architecture, I find in the Indian urban scene an encyclopedic and often hallucinatory density of material from contrasting epochs and traditions. Collisions and mutations between form and structure have evolved both incrementally as well as through rapid and uneven development that is reflective of changing tastes, values and economies. Sumptuously carved and decorated structures often push up against stark cement boxes adorned only by the patina of age that arrives prematurely in a challenging climate of diverse weather conditions. Through the slow process of painting, I recreate architecture, space, and surfaces from observation, memory, and imagination. I often became hopelessly lost in these spaces as I work. I think of them as visual puzzles and labyrinths, in places they defy spatial logic and in others hold together in a precarious and ingenious balance.



Barnacle
gouache on paper
12 1/2 x 6 3/4
2023
Inside/Out
gouache
7 3/4 x 18
2021
Rupture
gouache
10 3/4 x 7 1/2
2020
Varanasi Vortex
gouache
7 1/2 x 17"
2020
Original Skin
gouache
8 x 15"
2019
Railway Residence
gouache on paper
7 x 19"
2017
Residual Residence
gouache on paper
7 x 19"
2017
Insight
gouache on paper
2015
Storm Warning
gouache on paper
6.50 x 6"
2014
Association
gouache on paper
6 x 6 1/2"
2014
Remnants
gouache on antique Indian paper
11.75 x 4.75
2014
Half Remembered
gouache on paper
14.50 x 3.75
2013
Shahpurjat
gouache on paper
14.75 x 3.75
2012
Ascendance
gouache on paper
8 x 5"
2013
Kalimpong
gouache on paper
12 x 4.50
2012
Stand Outside Yourself
oil on wood
18 1/4 x 8"
2010
Emptied Gestures
oil on wood
6 1/2 x 11"
2010
Without Refutation
oil on wood
15 x 9"
2009
Second Story Witnesses
oil on wood
15 x 10"
2010