My Creative Process

I see the same human truths of love, joy, loss, pain, and longing from the remote towns in Kerala to busy streets in Paris. Just like my life, there are stories waiting to be told. To ‘narrate’ a story on my canvas, I begin by looking for the perfect characters to play their roles. Sometimes I find them in my photography and sometimes I craft them with digital tools and conventional Inks, Pastels and Charcoals. The process is intuitive; the truth often revealed in the final work.

I see women as emotional beings, silent sufferers, pillars of strength and also game players. To create a comparison between interpretations done in the past with the contemporary times, I sometimes lace my own photographs of the everyday with acknowledged works of old masters.

For me, the divine holds great significance. I have often experienced its redeeming power. This too, I try to express through my works. I feel empathy towards the oppressed, the outcasts, the forgotten who need a voice. Sometimes my art takes a very personal narrative when I weave my girls in and my attempt is to create stories that have been mostly untold."

“The force behind a brush stroke is more important than the technique.” Be it a stroke on canvas or a stroke on a computer screen. 

Digital art involves various tools and machines – camera, photography software, computer, virtual brushes and digital artistic tools. I enjoy creating charcoal drawings, paint strokes, etching and pastel effects and tonal values using virtual brushes on the digital canvas. Producing these sensitive details in digital fine art is an inventive and a highly involving process.