Landscapes, wildlife and florals in acrylic paints.
Quick drying, versatile, water based painting medium.
Spring
Date: 10.05.2021
Size: 10x12 inches Board Canvas.
For my brother, Prathamjit Singh Randhawa.
2021, Acrylics on 30.5 x20.5 inches non framed stretched canvas.
Mool
2.1.2022
Acrylics on Canvas
ਕੁੰਭੇ ਬਧਾ ਜਲੁ ਰਹੈ ਜਲ ਬਿਨੁ ਕੁੰਭੁ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥
𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥;
ਗਿਆਨ ਕਾ ਬਧਾ ਮਨੁ ਰਹੈ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥੫॥
𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘶𝘳𝘶, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮. ||5||
For Aman Veerji, Bibi Ji and Ustaad Kulwinder Singh Ji on the occasion of Rasam-e-Ustaad-e-Shagirdi on 4th January, 2022.
Prague Castle
2020
Acrylics on stretched canvas.
Halcyon
Acrylics on 10x20 inches board canvas.
This painting is my absolute favorite and the one closest to my heart. Halcyon means a time in a past that was idyllically happy and peaceful.
In November 2020, I found out that I have two elder sisters. I had grown up as a single child and I was unfamiliar with my adoption. I always wanted to have a sibling growing up given a generational gap between me and my adoptive parents.
I have 2 absolutely wonderful sisters. They’re everything I ever wanted and more.
This painting is more of a feeling of contentment or of pure joy that I felt when I was told that I am the third girl and I have two elder sisters. It’s all of that overwhelming feeling I had and it’s all of those memories and giggles I shared with Amarpaul, my elder sister.
This painting is an emotion of that same indescribable feeling I experienced when I saw a human that resembles me so unbelievably for the first time in my life and just knew I have a home in my sisters. This painting speaks of joy, fulfillment, childhood, memories and dreams coming true. It takes me back to the times when I thought they are my cousins (my adoptive and biological mothers are sisters). I recall all the giggles and running up and down the stairs and then not seeing them at all for more than a decade. Meeting one of them and getting to know them both had such a positive effect on my life that I decided to preserve this state of heart and mind forever in a painting and create a souvenir.
Anything that’s three in number reminds me of both my sisters. I made this painting for them and for me. I even named these roses Pam, Amy and Harsimran. I used a picture I took in my garden of a rose plant and I knew I had to paint them. This painting is symbolic of how beautiful adoption is and I can never seem to count my blessings when I see these roses.