Painting and drawing have always been a form a self-expression for me, the place I go to when I need “me” time. My paintings don’t depict objects or people, but instead emotions I feel in the moments that stick with me throughout each day. Although I am quite neat and tidy, I like to express messy, chaotic energy in my work. The drips in my watercolor art reflect an extension of my personality! I paint on an easel and let the drips happen just like life, which is unpredictable and spontaneous. – V.P.
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About the Artist
Vandana is a Fashion Designer from the National Institute of Design and former lead designer of Marian Clayden in Los Gatos, CA. Vandana’s paintings are infused with a unique blend of cultural and modern perspectives influenced by her extensive travels and various design roles, from growing up in New Delhi, India, to working at the Batik Factory in Penang, Malaysia, to teaching art history for over a decade in Bay Area schools. Vandana has cultivated a distinct art style influenced by artists including Winslow Homer, Henri Matisse, Salvador Dali, Nitin Singh, and Rajkumar Sthabathy. She enjoys working with oil using an assortment of palette knives, as well as more recently exploring the creative possibilities that stem from watercolors’ limitless, flowing nature to create still-lifes, landscapes, and portraits.