Saheli!

*I will bend today. Sometimes the universe waits for you submit wholly, completely....to finally deliver. Kneeling in faith, hope, or desperation...it must get better after all, the earth shifts and moves, softening under you, holding and moulding you, shaping and nurturing....maybe you didn't need deliverance at all, maybe you just needed to sit, to contemplate and gather up your strength again. Everything isn't a fight, somethings just need witnessing and reckoning...to hold, assimilate and grow, and not all growth is upwards. . . . . . . #painting #thoughts #acryliconcanvas #artlovers #arte #acrylicpainting #canvaspainting #artistsofinstagram #growth #poetry #faith #fineart #life #words #artwork #womanartist https://www.instagram.com/p/B2WvoL0Fc55/?igshid=1okjf01v4fuf7

101s of (mis?)communication. #oldpainting, made in 2015. 18 by 24 inches. (DM for prints) . . . . . . . #paintersofinstagram #mixedmedia #acryliconpaper #acryliconcanvas #canvaspainting #artwork #conceptual #artlovers #artcollectors #symbolism #arte #fineart https://www.instagram.com/p/B1-oOsnFMpI/?igshid=192iy8oo3tshv

Hi. (Mermaid's day off today) As usual, excuse the bad quality phone picture. Acrylic on paper. :) . . . . . . . #drawing #illustratorsofinstagram #illustration #artonpaper #painting #acryliconpaper #mermaid #patterns #cattails #creative #sureeal #artlovers https://www.instagram.com/p/B1d-dIDFVNo/?igshid=xbsex0ruuezx

*them wings (14 by 18 inches) #oldpainting . Throwback to this weird painting collage thing I did of my favourite pair of eyes/wings. . . . . . . . #paintersofinstagram #artwork #canvaspainting #birds #eyes #wings #artistsofinstagram #painting #throwback #fineart #artlovers #creative #acryliconcanvas #arte #contemporaryart #conceptual #artcollectors #weirdart #collage https://www.instagram.com/p/B1QVlzeFuDc/?igshid=1uxgpqs4z0jtj

Dreaming about having that perfect workspace one day which can softly hold all my professions, experiments and hopes, and when I won't constantly get in the way of other people's sacred spaces or be constantly apologetic about taking so much space! :) #watercoloronpaper . . . . . . . #drawing #illustration #sketchbook #illustratorsofinstagram #watercolor #penandink #indianartist #artist #workspace #artlovers #creative #draw #dream https://www.instagram.com/p/B0TTtkslRrn/?igshid=146872fkrj6ge

*An octopus has three hearts Olddd drawing. 5+ years old. . . . . . #drawing #weirdart #heart #penandink #watercolor #illustrationartists #octopus #surrealart #artwork #creative #body https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz5azESl0MK/?igshid=uaao4eq571nn

*thought-control. This is a good time to repost this, I think. #acryliconcanvas #fascistregimeisback #hoorayindia . . . . . . . . . #acrylicpainting #canvaspainting #artwork #painting #conceptual #artistsofinstagram #creative #fascism https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx2C_vDl4AN/?igshid=kx0iea2igsik

It's Daphne du Maurier's birthday today!! <3 I knew she was going to be my D as soon as I had made up my mind to do this series (#26portraits of #writerlywomen). I have loved her books for a long time now. I read all the books my middle/high school library had of hers, and then went and bought others from the bookstores in Noida. Even now, at 28, I continue to re-read her books and force-lend them to others. . . . . . . . #daphnedumaurier #womanwhowrite #womenwriters #rebecca #portraitsofwomen #portrait #read #library #womenwhodraw #artseries #artistsofinstagram #literature #booklovers #portraitpainting #creative #artsy #reader #artwork #arte #womeninart https://www.instagram.com/p/BxaLtSyFx2M/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gkxsahfz8bdl

I am starting on a new painting. Meanwhile, sharing this older one from last year, that I did for a friend. :) #oldpainting #acryliconcanvas . . . . . . . . . #acrylicpainting #canvaspainting #abstractart #creative #artlovers #artcollectors #fineart #wallart #artistsofinstagram #paintersofinstagram #painterly #arte https://www.instagram.com/p/BwWMeosl36A/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1o3deamtcn4o

Self portrait (of a wannabe creative in a hotel room) 😛 . . . . . . #sketchbook #drawing #selfportrait #penandink #watercolour #desk #artist #worldofartists #creative #journal https://www.instagram.com/p/BvnunoOlefq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4ai63oogd3a

*Magnolias. #newpainting (24 by 30 inches) I have been sitting on this painting for 7 months now. I told myself I'll call it done no matter what shape it is in by the end of daylight today. Sigh. I do love the blues and the bees though, so they keep finding themselves in all my work. . . . . . . . #acryliconcanvas #acrylicpainting #canvaspainting #artoftheday #artistsofinstagram #paintersofinstagram #painting #artwork #portrait #figurative #body #magnolias #blue #womanartist #fineart #artlovers #artcollectors #arte #painterly #male #instaart #figurativeart https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu_Tu-glipE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12a02q8nc0zgh

Z for Zadie Smith. and with that folks, ends my 26portraits of 'writerly women' series! I have alphabet cards for these series available! Will talk about it in a separate post. Find the entire series as : 26portraits.wordpress.com

To bloom in the midst of grief. #penandink Just a drawing before I get back to the pending paintings. Happy #internationalwomensday :). . . . . . . . #illustration #drawing #illustratorsofinstagram #artonpaper #womenwhodraw #iwd2019 #creative #artwork #body #paperboat #surrealart #figurative #woman #arte #artonpaper #watercolor #artonpaper #weirdart #artoftheday https://www.instagram.com/p/BuvyvyTFv52/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ckqfmvms7979

Y for Yaa Gyasi. 25th portrait for my 26portraits of 'writerly women' series.

Search (acrylic on canvas, 20 by 30 inches). Feeling this right now (also since I don't have new art to share). I have fine art prints of this available on bamboo paper (10 by 16 in). DM if interested. ❤

X for Xiao Hong. For #26portrats of #writerlywomen. Find them all together at 26portraits.wordpress.com.

W for Wislawa Szymborska. the incredible polish poet, and part of my #26portraits series. you can find the whole series at : 26portraits.wordpress.com