Assorted Works on Paper
These acrylic paintings on paper are often in a limited series. The recent “White on Rice” series and the earlier “Shrine” series are also thematic in content.
The “White on Rice” series on begins with simple tools, a compass, pencil, ruler, a gesture pointing to the presence and knowledge of the hand. In this re-interpretation of the phrase each work begins with the drawing of a circle on blank white paper. The simplicity of the circle, a symbol representing wholeness, unity, and infinity, to me expresses this perfect union. From there through its permutations and explorations, the circle is expanded and transported into the mingling of various patterns and ornamentations inspired by traditional South Asian, Islamic and Western cultures on white paper, symbolic of white rice.
The cross-cultural dialogue in these works invites the creation of new meanings and understandings in the viewer for whom these cultural symbols may be out of their realm of experience.
The 2018 “Shrine Series”, a series of chamber works based on the Stupa, a holy site housing sacred objects is deconstructed into a decor object. The other works are discreet individual pieces that reflect motifs that find their way into my larger paintings on canvas.
