Celebrating Womanhood

Celebration II Dimension: 48" x 36"

'Celebration' is an expression of a woman for all the women who have always been left unheard. That precious silence is often  mistaken as Ignorance and Vulnerability whereas her silence is as loud and expressive as the  colours of this painting.
It's the celebration of being a woman who creates and nurtures life, who represents society by overcoming barriers in her field of work. She partners with men to bring about a change in the perspective of the whole world.
Celebration of Life is the essence of her existence.

Live Painting Show @theblueFROG Mumbai

 Live painting with a musical band called Indiva on the theme 'Celebrating Womanhood'  to commemorate  Nirbhaya's 2nd death anniversary at blueFROG Mumbai. At the end of the event the painting was auctioned to support the IMCARES' cause.

Four-women band INDIVA singing their song 'Suno meri baat' dedicated to 'Celebrating Womanhood'

Interviewed by DNA Newspaper

It's very difficult for an artist to decide when it should be announced that the painting is complete...so it was for me.
I finally called it 'Celebration'

'Draw Me Close to You' by Kelly Carpenter -An Inspiration

Draw Me Close To You
Dimension 36" x 24"


Draw me close to you, never let me go.
I lay it all down again, to hear you say that I’m your friend.
You are my desire, no one else will do.
No one else can take your place, to feel the warmth of your embrace.
Help me find the way, bring me back to you.
You’re all I want. You’re all I’ve ever needed.
You’re all I want. Help me know you are near.

It's a beautiful song written by Kelly Carpenter. The song intensely expresses the longing for God's nearness and confirms that "there is nothing on earth I desire besides you." This song has deeply affected me and truly expressed the reality of my heart. I remember singing "You're all I want, You're all I ever needed," with deep faith and conviction. I was moved to tears at the point of realisation that how futile it is to seek joy in anything other than God Himself.

This painting is an expression of prayer to God to draw me close to Him and never let me go. Knowing fully well that no one else can take your place , to feel the warmth of your embrace. Help me find the way, bring me back to you.