The story so far

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Shikha is a practising artist based in Gurgaon, India. She hails from a small town in Punjab and is the daughter of a horticulturist. The artwork of Shikha’s is characterised by the ‘sense of being’ and of fulfilment and contentment. The paintings are intrinsically inspired by nature and by the emotions one feels in consonance with the elements. And they speak of the musings of humans with their surroundings as the elementary force. She is trained to be an Architect and has many Architectural and Interior projects in her name. Also a writer since her childhood days, she has authored a novel, ‘Through the shades’. It is about the journey of artists through continents, inner growth, creative expenditure of learning and relationships with people and their traits. The novel has won A3 Foundation award 2024. The perspective she sees is of an artist, writer, poetess, architect and an explorer. 

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For me the transition from being an architect to an author and an artist was just by chance. Once I delved in it, it was an excitement of a new way of expressing my feelings and observation. Observing in the distance with your eyes, sometimes with dewdrops in the eyelashes blinking slowly or gazing into the soul of people, object or scenes are inherent to a painting. And transcendence is a “means to it” as with other art forms. So, I say when the brush picks up paint from the palette and you take it towards the canvas, it charges you. The brush slides and glides and smudges and may be smoothens later. and you repeat that process several times at the same place. And the whole canvas starts speaking to you, just as the site speaks to the architect when he is about to start designing. And you revel, criticize, enjoy or sink in the pathos of your own work. In a continuation!

How do you know when is your painting complete? As they say it doesn’t get completed- you end it! Somewhere! That it depends on how much of a conversation you intend for your painting to have with the viewer. Klimt said, “Art is a line around your thoughts.” As my art stands here for your viewing and interpretation, I hope it helps you delve into your own experiences and feelings meaningfully.