Bike to School

Myself and my brother Atul used to bike to school together. This is the time when we were at Indore, India. We had a dog named Jenny. Every morning when we would start to go to school, she would break her chain and run after us. So we would have to come back home again and ask our mom to hold her so she wouldn't run after us.
This sculpture was very difficult and challenging. I had to make 2 bikes, 2 figures and try to balance them as well. The bike kept falling apart while I was making it in wax. The base plate is aluminum and the bikes and the dog are bolted to the base.

Series in memory of my Dad

For the final assignment, it was a free choice. I decided to do a series of paintings that involved memories of my dad.

He used to take walks in the fields. His dog would follow him everywhere. Whenever I was with him, I would join him too. The big tree is the mango tree where he had taken me and my daughters.

He loved cutting vegetables. Here he is cutting raw mangoes to make pickles. On the walls are his favorite rose flowers.

Another favorite past time was playing cards. He especially liked solitaire or patience. With my mom he would play rummy. There is a big swing in the front room and he used to sit there to play cards.

My dad was a follower of Gandhiji. He only wore Khadi or handspun cloth. He used to spin his own thread from cotton. In the painting, he is spinning thread on the charkha.

My dad loved his cows, calves, and bulls. He always insisted his workers to feed them green grass or leaves. During his walks, he always collected grass to feed them.