With just 9 days to go, our return to India is drawing near, and our minds are turning toward the places and people we have left there. I want to share a few paintings that have been inspired by that fascinating country and her people over the past year and a half.
A “roofscape” of our neighborhood in Delhi. As a going away present, I gave this to the kids who lived across the alley from us in the room with the water tank on top, because they had been so fascinated by my paints and brushes when they came over to visit. They spent the rest of the day comically displaying it to passerby from their rooftop, and it took quite a beating in their custody! Our landlord was confused why I had chosen our slum as a subject, because he had never thought of it as a beautiful place before.
Sisters sharing a secret.
An Indian bride.
A portrait of the old uncle who sold papayas in front of our neighborhood in Delhi.
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