Childhood Memories

In this series, I explore nostalgia through personal childhood experiences, using memory as a starting point to reflect on how early moments shape identity and perception. Color acts as a unifying element across the works, connecting individual scenes while evoking emotional fragments of the past. By drawing from personal memories, the series aims to create a space where viewers can project their own experiences, allowing nostalgia to function as a shared and universal emotional language.

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Braided by Generations

Acrylic on canvas

11.69 in x 16.52 in

Childhood memories form a strong source of inspiration for me. In this painting, I visually depict a childhood memory of my grandmother braiding my hair. The lines and wrinkles in my grandmother's hands and the thick curls of my hair capture the intimate connection we shared in this quiet act of care.

Through this piece I explore the warmth and comfort of generational bonds, showing how simple everyday traditions carry an unspoken tenderness that connects families across time. The work reflects how acts of care are not merely physical gestures, but moments through which identity, memory, and cultural continuity are passed from one generation to the next.

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The Park

Photography and Oil Pastels

11.69 in x 16.52 in

The Park explores childhood nostalgia and collective joy through abstraction. The work draws from playgrounds as spaces where childhood memories of freedom, connection, and emotional intensity are formed.

Inspired by the heightened colours and distortions of thermal imaging, the composition reflects how memories remain vivid while simultaneously fragmenting over time. Rather than documenting a specific moment, the piece translates emotion into colour and form through layered interactions with playground structures. In doing so, it invites viewers to reconnect with their own memories of childhood joy.

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The Past I Bear

Acrylic, Coloured Pencil and Stitching on Paper

16.5 in x 23.4 in

The Past I Bear explores how childhood toys often become emotional containers, absorbing the feelings we project onto them as we grow. The stuffed animal functions as a symbol of comfort, vulnerability, and the inner emotional world carried from childhood into adulthood.

Through vivid colour I aimed to capture the intensity of memory and the way emotion shapes what we remember. The circular stitching represents the desire to hold onto fragments of childhood innocence, even as time pulls us forward. The piece reflects the tension between letting go and holding onto what once felt safe.

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Godi (गोदी)

Acrylic on MDF

27.95 in x 34.65 in

This piece captures a core childhood memory of being held in my mother's arms - a moment defined by warmth, security, and closeness. As time passes, this memory remains vivid yet distant, with its details gradually dissolving in the distance of time.

The distorted colours reflect how memory shifts and transforms, suggesting that the past can never be perfectly recreated. As we grow older and outgrow the physical comfort of our mother's embrace, the emotional resonance of that moment remains. The work reflects on the fleeting nature of childhood and the enduring imprint of maternal love.

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Gola

Coloured Pencil on Paper

11.69 in x 16.52 in

This self-portrait captures a fleeting childhood memory of seeing my reflection after eating a popsicle. The saturated colour on the tongue contrasts with the delicately controlled pencil shading, emphasising how certain details of a moment remain vivid while others fade.

Soft tonal gradients around the mouth mimic the gradual blending of memory over time. Inspired by the realism of Norman Rockwell, the work uses careful rendering to heighten awareness of an otherwise ordinary moment, transforming it into a reflection on how small childhood experiences can leave lasting emotional impressions.