I paint because I love to express my enjoyment of nature. I have a particular love for trees and the mountains of my childhood in northern India. Although I'm not surrounded by them anymore, a simple blue wash can sometimes be enough to bring me back.

I find it important to go deeper than the outward appearance of a place — to feel the rhythm of branches, the breeze moving through them. I don't only wish to express my physical response but to discover an inner vision that comes through contemplation and slowly internalising a scene.

Selected Exhibitions

Solo presentation, Saatchi Gallery, London

Awards

Ciclitira Prize (2021), presented by HRH King Charles III

Membership

Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour (RI)

Education

MA, Prince’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts, 2021

BA Illustration, University of Brighton, 2017