I am a self taught artist from India, brought up and educated mostly in New Delhi. As the wife of an Indian diplomat, I have traveled extensively for the last 25 years and am currently living in Moscow, our seventh posting in a foreign country. I paint in two mediums: watercolors and acrylics on canvas. In my acrylics I make use of bolder colors by using broad brushstrokes and mostly figurative work. I usually paint people: working men and women of the fields, musicians, dancers, boatmen. In this manner, I celebrate everyday life and occupations. I also paint pictures with animals and scenes of urban situations, such as crowded cities and hectic streets. Most of my imagery is India-centric, mainly images of the teeming humanity taken for granted in India. I have also recently painted scenes of churches and local markets in Moscow. I try to depict alternate realities, enhancing the ordinary with my particular version of life in its infinite variety. Like all paintings, my works are inner interpretations of outer realities.