Paired with conscious breathing, painting becomes mindfulness practice. When composing a painting, each line, dash and dot is applied in harmony with either a single inhalation or exhalation. Based on ancient techniques, I employ a conscious form of breathing and counting breaths that keeps me firmly grounded in the present moment. By design, this systematic process of creating each work is a meditative journey.
Over the years, my work has taken two distinct forms: yantra and tantra. Yantra paintings are geometric, symmetric, and ordered, with a clear center-point from which the image extends. Tantra paintings are organic, fluid, and unpredictable, comprised of a myriad of swirling dots and dashes. Like the principle of yin and yang, yantra and tantra behave as a pair of equal opposites that balance and complement each other.
“The gift of concentration is the spaciousness that surrounds it. Focus illuminates immensity.”
Nowness in Time | Akara Art Gallery, Mumbai | August 2023