ARTIST STATEMENT

My work is an exploration of the hidden narratives where nature and humanity intertwine. I paint to reveal what lies beneath the surface—memories embedded in landscapes, emotions carried in the wind, the echoes of human presence within the vastness of the natural world.

Using mixed media, I build layers of texture, color, and mark-making, much like time weaves itself into the land, shaping and erasing in equal measure. Fabric, paper, ink, and paint merge like fragments of a forgotten story, capturing the tension between permanence and impermanence, the seen and the unseen.

I call my work humanscapes—humanness set against the backdrop of something greater. Inspired by my Indian heritage and my life in the U.S., my paintings navigate the spaces between structure and fluidity, solitude and movement, the personal and the universal. They are reflections of our connection to the world around us, where nature is not separate from us but a mirror of our own inner landscapes.

Each piece invites the viewer to pause, to look closer, to sense what is hidden beneath the surface. In a world that often rushes past the unspoken and unseen, my work asks: What stories does the land hold? What memories do we leave behind? Where do we begin, and where does nature take over?

Through abstraction, I seek to unravel these quiet, evolving narratives—where human existence and the natural world are not opposites, but deeply intertwined.

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