I am a self-taught New York-based artist. I work with my fingertips and nails to dab paint onto the canvas. I feel that human beings have always communicated with hand gestures. We use hands to emote, write, play, and in the current day of touch screens to explore. I too use my fingernails to scratch at the surface of what appears to be to explore what lies beneath.

I have recently delved into fine-line acrylics inspired by Madhubani folk artists in India. I am on a mission to paint Gods and Goddesses from across the world. My desire to explore the divine stems from my appreciation for meditation. As I etch one line after another, I do what is taught in mindfulness practices—focus on one breath, only one at a time. As I paint Gods, I learn the stories of where we all originated from and where we are going. Hopefully toward love and peace.