I transform everyday landscapes through watercolour and ink marbling, reshaping familiar environments to reveal the connections that underlie them. Working from observation, I use structures such as gardens, fences, and trees as a starting point.
In the studio, these scenes are reworked through fluid processes that allow forms to shift and merge. Rather than describing a place, I alter it, revealing relationships within the image and showing how elements are interconnected.
My work focuses on how ordinary environments are perceived, using transformation to show how the everyday can be seen differently.
Early Years
I spent six years of my childhood in northern India, in the foothills of the Himalayas, where daily life was closely connected to the landscape. Much of my time was spent outdoors—building dams during the monsoon, trekking to high peaks in the summer, and moving through an environment that was constantly changing.
This early experience shaped how I see the natural world, not as something fixed or separate, but as something living, shifting, and interconnected. That way of seeing continues to inform my approach to painting.
Education
MA, Prince’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts, 2021
BA Illustration, University of Brighton, 2017
Selected Exhibitions
Solo presentation, Saatchi Gallery, London
Awards
Ciclitira Prize (2021), presented by HRH King Charles III
Membership
Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour (RI)