Concept: The painting is to be seen as divided into three different abstracted maps: 1) India’s Map; 2) Agra’s/Yamuna’s Map; 3) An Abstracted World Map; and the 4) portion is “True Home.”

 

“Home and Transcendence ” is a conceptual painting in a contemporary style. This painting is an expression of how the idea of “home” transcends the concept of four walls and a roof; home in all veracity is more of an intangible feeling.

 In this painting, synchronicity and syncretism of various landmasses of the world as well as the inclusion of  grains, lentils, and wheat grasses remind us that when we respect nature and work in it with our hands on a daily basis we are interconnected with and respectful of Mother Earth.  When there is a holistic balance and harmony of human, earth and the universe then all is well in the world.

Interwoven in between is the arabesque and jaali-esque hand-work inspired by the heritage architecture of Agra, all tied up with the river Yamuna flowing in between the fields of wheat and rice and limitless atmosphere, which aims to depict one thing: Home is the microcosm of the macrocosm. Our four-walled structure interconnects to the lands we live in, our family, culture, the feeling of peace and joy, to finally reach the One Ultimate Home, depicted at the very top.