Paintings and prints of India, images from my time with family in Punjab and from my travels.
22X30 original watercolor painting on BFK 100% cotton rag paper. A Punjabi woman in traditional punjabi suit with phulkari details, A duffel bag balanced on her head walking towards the Golden temple in Amritsar, autoricks in the distance.
22X30 Watercolor on BFK 100% cotton rag paper. A tradionally dressed Indian women with a basket balanced on her head, weaves through the traffic of Auto rickshaws in new Delhi
22”x30” original watercolor of a Punjabi girl in traditional Salwar Kameez walking into a abstract , patterned background.
22”x30” original watercolor of a Punjabi woman riding side saddle on the back of a motorcycle in India. They ride into an abstract, patterned background.
22”x30” original watercolor of an Indian mother dressed in a Saree, her child on her hip and a basket of dishes balanced on her head. She walks away from the viewer into an abstract, patterned background.
22”x30” original watercolor of a Punjabi woman with a large bundle of gathered twigs on her head. She walks into an abstract, patterned background.
22'“x30” original watercolor painting of a punjabi woman carrying a large bundle of gathered twigs on her head.
22”x30” original watercolor of a punjabi woman in traditional salwar kameez standing beside her bicycle.
22'“x30” original watercolor of 3 Punjabi Women in traditional salwar kameez , walking into a patterned landscape.
6x8 original watercolor on cold press watercolor paper.
6x8 original watercolor on cold press watercolor paper.
Traditional scene of a traditionally dressed woman in the state of Punjab in northern india shopping for bangles from a street cart bangle vendor.
6x6 original watercolor on cold press watercolor paper. Auto rickshaw and a woman in a saree shopping in Gujarati Lane in New Delhi's Janpath market.
6x8 original watercolor on cold press watercolor paper.
6x8 original watercolor on cold press watercolor paper.
6x8 original watercolor on cold pressed watercolor paper
6x8 original watercolor painting on cold press watercolor paper
6x8 original watercolor on cold press watercolor paper.
5x7” watercolor on paper of a Punjabi woman in front of a blue door.
I’m thrilled to announce my first feature exhibition in Seattle in several years, and I’m especially excited about this show because it marks a significant shift in my work. For years, I’ve focused on urban settings—capturing doors, windows, and shopfronts from my travels and local haunts. But for the past three years, I’ve been working on something close to my heart: depicting Indian, specifically Punjabi, women in their daily lives.
The Salwar Kameez is the traditional dress of the women of Punjab. Consisting of the loose fitting bottoms, the Salwar and a long tunic, the Kameez. Styles change seasonally and you would never wear a formal outfit twice!
High above Dharmashala where the Dali Lama lives, we sat relaxed, waiting for the heavy afternoon rains to stop before walking back to our guest house, Jagatram Niwas. Our guest house lies clinging to the mountainside in the teeny tiny village of Heini.
22×30 original watercolor on BFK 100% cotton rag paper. Sikh father and daughter on a scooter in rural punjab. contemporary indian punjabi art.