As a child, I drew. Anywhere and everywhere and all the time. My teachers didn’t seem to mind that my books were covered with more faces than formulas. At 14, I put my pencils down and picked up a squash racket, playing competitively for many years. It took me to Yale, where I studied history, made some of the best friends a person can hope for, and generally grew up. My time there got me interested in public service, and I spent the next 15 years working in social impact, in India. Along the way, I got an MBA at Cambridge, moved from Mumbai to Goa, and became a mother of two (not all in that order.)
In 2017, a couple of friends and I started a nonprofit independent magazine, India Development Review, which we built together for 7 years before I finally listened to the voice of the little girl inside me. She wanted me to work less with words and more with pictures.
So in 2024 I stepped back from it all to be a full-time artist. My printmaking work is minimal yet detailed, and is influenced by my love for design. I am particularly interested in women's narratives, themes that explore motherhood, and the parallels we see with the natural world. My illustration style is light, with a hand-drawn, analog feel to it. I am also a writer, and some of my work combines both pictures and words.
In addition to selling my own graphic art and linocut prints, I have been commissioned by clients such as National Geographic Traveller, The Indian Film Festival of LA, Brandeins Magazine, and Urbanaut. I have also done the cover art and illustrations for some books. If you would like to discuss a commission, please refer to my Contact page.
Photo Credit: Tara Lou McManus
