Aashna Bawa
 
As a Fine Arts student at Lasalle-College of the Arts, I spent my years familiarizing and exploring different techniques in painting as well as incorporating other mediums into my works; mediums that related to and appropriately paralleled my concept and notion of fate. I have always had an interest and have been quite fascinated by the idea that we are all one with the universe, that there is a destiny which awaits us all. I was particularly interested in the idea of Palmistry and being able to look at our past and our future. The lines on our hands can depict where we have come from and where we are headed, there is a deeper meaning other than what meets the eye. The lines on our palms and our lives intertwine in a way that we cannot comprehend.

As my interest in Palmistry grew so did my thirst for knowledge surrounding this concept. i eventually started reading on Universal Consciousness, and in fact realised that it closely relates not only to my works, but to a personal belief system. Throughout my years as a developing artist, i have had a keen interest in the anatomy of the human body. In particular, the hands and feet. My art and ideas keep bringing me back to the aesthetics and the texture of skin. There is something uniquely intriguing about the wrinkles and the lines that scale our body.

 
       A common theme in all my works is the idea of distortion; the idea of self-distortion is paralleled in my works. Instead of taking a realistic approach to these series of paintings I wanted to take a more abstract approach, which is very different from what I have done in the past. Portraiture has always been of great interest to me and I wanted to explore the idea of portraiture more, in an abstract way.

    Distortion plays a very important role pertaining to the underlying theme in my paintings. I want interested in the idea of self-distortion within us. How we portray ourselves to be or how others view us. The idea that people don’t necessarily see us for who we are and usually have a distorted view of not only themselves but of others was intriguing. I felt that distortion really would characterize this idea well.

    I don’t want to particularly categorize my style of painting, it’s supposed to be open to interpretation. That is what I want my Art to do for the viewer, I want them to be able to relate to the painting, but at the same time be able to question my idea for the paintings. The objective in a way is to be able to make the viewer feel that distortion in oneself.

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