Inner Landscapes
These works approach nature and environment as extensions of inner states.
Rather than representing specific places, the paintings attend to perception, rhythm, and emotional resonance, allowing landscapes to unfold as spaces of reflection, stillness, and quiet awareness.
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Water lilies are often associated with purity and peace.
This painting was commissioned for a private home in Hyderabad, India. The client is both spiritual and a nature lover, and wished to bring the water lilies that grow abundantly in her garden into her home and onto the walls of her living room.
2019 | 150×180 cms | 60x72 inches
Acrylic paints on canvas
commissioned
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This painting is inspired by the fascinating patterns on the glass facades of buildings in Dubai’s JLT area. As I sat by the JLT lakes sipping chai, the squares seemed to come alive. Each one carried its own individual, pulsating energy, yet together they formed a beautiful, unified whole.
They reminded me of my over twenty years in Dubai — a city that is a melting pot of nationalities, where people from around the world live together, celebrating both similarities and differences in culture, and creating a family away from family.
The canvas is divided into a grid of squares to reflect this diversity, with each square painted individually using acrylic colours and controlled brushstrokes to evoke a sense of peace and harmony.
2020 | 80x80 cms | 31.5x31.5 inches
Acrylic paints on canvas
sold
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This work emerged through a collaboration with the client, interior designer, and glass factory. Glass mosaic tiles of varied textures—including mirrored surfaces—were specially produced and assembled on a painted canvas.
Some of these mosaic tiles are tiny mirrors and reflect surrounding colour and movement, allowing the work to shift with its environment. What appears structured and material becomes responsive and fluid, echoing the way inner landscapes are shaped not only by form, but by perception, presence, and change.
2012 | 100x150 cms | 39x59 inches
Commissioned
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This painting was inspired by my visit to the Masai Mara in 2022, where we encountered a mother cheetah moving quietly through the tall grass, alert and watchful. Barely visible at times, she carried herself with a focused awareness shaped by instinct.
Four cubs followed closely, difficult to spot, as she searched for a safer place to lead them. The moment reflected a universal truth — across species, a mother’s most enduring role is protection, carried out with vigilance, courage, and quiet resolve.
2022 | 60x80 cms | Copper and acrylic on canvas
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Dragonflies are often associated with change, transformation, and self-realisation. In this work, a bright red dragonfly caught my eye as it hovered against the contrasting green foliage.
The image serves as a gentle reminder to turn inward and notice one’s own inner light and moments of joy. The collector of this painting shared that it evoked carefree childhood memories of chasing dragonflies in her garden, allowing the moment to resonate beyond the canvas.
2018 | 22x30 cms | 9x12 inchesAcrylic paints on canvas board
sold
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Rooted in the Chinese concept of complementary opposites, this painting reflects balance as an inner condition rather than a fixed state. The familiar black and white forms dissolve into softer tonal fields, suggesting fluidity and mutual dependence.
Created as a gift to mark a 25th wedding anniversary, the traditional dots are replaced by the couple’s astrological symbols — Scorpio and Libra — subtly personalising the universal idea of harmony.
The work holds a quiet reflection on partnership, where difference and unity coexist, shaping a shared inner equilibrium.
2012 | 40 cm | 16 inches diameter
Acrylics on canvas
sold
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Nature beckons as it brings joy.
Close friends, hand in hand, scamper across open green fields and run up rocky steps. Sheer joy fills their small frames as Mother Nature seems to embrace them in her unconditional presence.
2022 | 80x80 cms | 32x32 inches
Acrylic paints on stretched canvas
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A stone wall becomes a quiet inner terrain — aged, steady, and receptive. Within its crevices, new life takes root, suggesting how growth often emerges from what is weathered and enduring.
Earthy tones and palette-knife textures evoke layers of time, while touches of gold and pearl introduce a subtle luminosity. Small bursts of green mark moments of renewal, where the old gently holds space for the new to appear.
The work reflects an inner landscape shaped by patience, resilience, and quiet nourishment.
2022 | 80x80 cms | 32x32 inches
Acrylic paints on stretched canvas