Dharshana Bajaj

I seem to be in an in-between space. Between what was and what is yet to be...find my self in a mode of reminiscing, and looking at exactly how and what I need to improve upon along my journey as an artist and a person. Nature has been the greatest inspiration for my work, becoming more and more the focal point. But art has also served as therapy as I have often expressed myself through it in a myriad ways. For instance, the time in 2017 when I came up with a very "different" concept. Under A Crimson Sky. We all wish for it sometimes, don't we? A better place, a safer place. A more humane world without all the poverty, trauma, rape, abuse, dishonesty, corruption, calamity, etc...Like this parallel universe with a pink sky, where cities are peaceful, people are wiser, and joy is the modus operandi.  This series of large and small format paintings was shown at the famous gallery Sarla's Art World, in December 2017. With Dr. Priya Selvaraj as the chief guest inaugurating

A twist in your life story inspires you to try new things. That's what happened to me in 2012. I woke up from some delusions...and decided its better to chase some real butterflies!  I had first tried abstracts in the Creative Painting program that was a part of my MA History of Fine Arts degree at Stella Maris College between 1994-1996. I I remember falling in love with that process/approach completely even then. But the world around me is too beautiful to limit myself to abstracts, I decided. Years later, this series of abstracts, titled Chasing Butterflies, was inspired by a walk in the park, with my little one. As I watched him watch the butterflies, with such attention, and wonder, it occurred to me to recreate that moment on canvas...as always, some expressions work, some do not. But the process has been fun, and full of learning. Suits me completely.