Women are a principal character in my compositions which refers to the ‘Yakshis’ of ancient Indian sculptures being incorporated in this ‘modern’ world. They are dressed in contemporary modern outfits and prevailing fashion.
Somewhere life and lifestyle determines culture, identity, religion, habits , class etc. My images could also be interpreted as narrations of life in Goa’s old conquests, under Portuguese sovereignty for a long period. However,
because of the manner in which western modernity entered Goa and left an impact on ‘life’ of Goa. I like to portray things in a very satirical manner and presenting it in a story
format, story imagined and presented in a theatrical manner, sometimes using allegory to poke fun at my own culture, to poke fun at my own foibles. Confluence of mysteries and dichotomies holds a dialogue, its my personal nostalgic journey. Reality in an arrangement of a personal visual language existentially depicting symbolisms of the alignment of urbanites and to that that of Goan characters,its landscapes etc.

As narrator, I present my own unique form of visual storytelling . The multiple histories that frame the Goan experience, its many strands – historical, cultural,
social, even economic intertwine in these paintings, drawings and etchings of a unique place and its people. Over four centuries of Portuguese rule left an
indelible influence on shaping Goa – its religious faith, clothing, cuisine, architecture, indeed its entire way of life. I would like to invite you to look and then look again at my unfussy visuals that are richly peppered with signifiers of
colonial history – the brightly coloured Galo de Barcelos, (the Portuguese rooster), the patterned western style dresses, the stained glass windows, the garrafa (the plump bottle to store feni).

My work often speaks to the past and also has a unique painterly response to the present and future, with the human figure always at the centre of my artistic imagination.