Black Empathy Box

A study of Fabrice Neaud’s hands

So terribly excited about biting into my first honeycomb. I've been advised to break a piece and spread it on a hot muffin or toast for it melts the beeswax but I've also heard of people biting into it straight and chewing the beeswax the way one chews gum. 🐝

peculiar plants

Scribbles made during my visit to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

This postcard sized work was exhibited & sold as a part of ‘Art Of The Matter’ organized by the Tribal Hearts Foundation in Chennai, India. Had censorship on my mind so I omitted the title of the book in her hands.

3am photoshop play sometimes ends up being aesthetically pleasing

This is Safeda. Roughly translates to ‘white-ish’ which is probably a reference to it’s mostly yellow or pale appearance in comparison to other varieties. It’s the most common mango found in Northern India and is available throughout the summer. It’s usually sweet with a bit of a tang.

This is Kesari. It translates to ‘orange-ish’ or the colour of Saffron. Sour and rather yummy! The parrot green base and yellow speckles on it were what caught my attention so I highlighted them.

Mangoes as I eat them. It’s mango season where I live (New Delhi, India) and the varieties of mangoes available here are so many that it’s nearly impossible to have them all or to have even heard of all of them. The names are either based on the place of origin or colour. Sometimes they are completely bizarre and those in my opinion are the best ones. I’ll provide translations if there are any, when I post future paintings. This one is Pairi and it’s from Kerala. It’s one of the first mangoes to pop up in the bazaar. It tastes quite complex; sweet, sour and extremely flavourful.