Painting for me is a means of creating, of experimenting and exploring different media to achieve fascinating results.  

     Since I first delved into the world of art nearly twenty years ago with a watercolour class in the US, I have evolved as an artist. I have drawn on the experiences of many wonderful artists/teachers through the years, who have helped me to gain skills and techniques. I use those valuable lessons to  to create whatever my mind has in store for me. Art to me is an  excitement, a restlessness and a need to keep meeting new challenges.

    Lately I have been dividing my time between England, India and the U.S. - all countries where I have lived at some point or another in my life. My art has been influenced by this path that I have followed, making it a blend of the East and the West, a reflection of the journey of my existence both realistic and spiritual.  There is a search in all of us and my work helps me to identify mine.

    The renowned colour theorist Johannes Itten remarked "the end and aim of all artistic endeavor is liberation of the spiritual essence of form and color..." I believe this is what I try to do with all my paintings.

      The freshness and translucency of watercolours, the strong vivid colours of acrylics and the texture and beauty of handmade paper often interplay in my mixed media collages.

         I hope you enjoy browsing through my website, and please feel free to drop me any comments or questions.

                                                                                Mini Arora