The tangible and intangible experiences I have gathered through the years have been the source for my work and in that sense the canvas is my journal. In my work I explore the spaces around me and the society in which I grew up. My focus is on people with their various natures, cultures and ways of living, sometimes on the socio-political issues of those for whom simply living day to day itself
is a struggle.

The descriptive richness of the narrative essence of my work allows me to create concrete emotional reactions. Hence all my works start with a story from my surroundings.

Empathetically I try to understand the journey of common people through their day to day activities. I consider myself a part of the common people, and seek to ask through my work: how do they experience their journey? What does their path look a like?

I have always been inspired by literature. It helps me realise that art cannot be separated from life.

As an introvert I love to observe my surroundings in a deep and empathetic way. Within the space of a frame, I try to build a world that is undeniably separate from the one we live in. What fascinates me about any artistic medium is that it can pull the viewer out of the commonplace world of logic and, and place them in a space that is more alive. When I use narrative content in my work, I try to make the viewer see an alternative reality to the factual world.

Perhaps, that is only process that can keep us tied together without us feeling the burdens of social discrimination; ultimately we are all under the same sky. For me, the sky stands for eternal happiness and functions as an intangible roof over our heads. Maybe that is what life is: to try and find happiness whenever we are ‘Under the Sky’.

‘The carpet’ – Sometime I perceive the common people as soundless and nameless – as though their inner angst cannot find its way out. Their true selves locked deep within…In a way their existence itself becomes dubious. As I perceive myself to be one of them, I try to make sense of my existence in this world and try to find my space within it. I use the red carpet as a metaphor for the socio-political world and use human beings as motifs on the carpet.

There are individual characters who have made our history and society precious. If we consider our history to be a plain white floor, then the people are the motifs on the carpet.

During the pandemic, we all are going through a new or eccentric condition. I am always inspired by common people and their way of life but unfortunately the pandemic has given me  melancholic images of society… I couldn’t avoid this reality. My silent observation of my society always moves me to compassion so, as an artist I feel the situation and express it through my works.