My passion for art started at a young age. While growing up in India, I pursued several creative hobbies, such as collages, fabric painting, and animation. But I ended up working in a more engineering-focused career, leaving my creative pursuits in my free time. I began to consider fine art more seriously years later after my daughter was old enough to attend school. I studied on my own to get more comfortable using different artistic mediums and experimenting with different works. Eventually, I began to take classes to sharpen my skills and dedicated more and more of my time to art.

I primarily create mixed-media and oil paintings of different natural scenes. What makes my work stand out is its vibrant colors and the contrast of realism and abstract textured backgrounds. This liveliness is meant to help viewers feel the importance and joy of living in the present moment.

What invigorated my passion for artwork was living in Tanzania, Botswana and traveling across Africa. I was captivated by the diverse animals and wildlife, capturing photos of all the beautiful places I saw. That experience inspires my artwork to this day, as you can see in my paintings of majestic leopards and exotic birds. I also draw inspiration from my home in the United States, such as birds, bunnies in the suburbs of Chicago and landscapes I’ve seen traveling across the country. I hope people feel the same joy I felt while seeing all these different types of wildlife when they see my colorful paintings.

My paintings are all about nature and wildlife. It evokes the thoughtful mind of the art admirer and reminds us that we live in a beautiful world that needs to be preserved. The most rewarding part of being an artist is to create paintings that cultivate that sense of joy and connection to Mother Earth, while also raising awareness of the need to nurture her.