‘evolution’ Visualising Chianti Classico Reserva 2011

Chianti is a red wine from Italy, known for its red fruit, mushroom and wet forest floor aromas. What is interesting about Chianti wines is that when you let them age, they evolve beautifully adding layers of complexity and elegance to their taste and smell. Through this painting, I have tried to capture the concept of age. To me maturity is not about fading away of appearances but is an evolution of the mind. The stretched mesh in painting depicts the peeling away of our mental barriers as we mature to reveal a beautiful and wise soul

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‘let music be the light’

Music is the light that shines upon the darkness of gloom to spread joy and beauty. This painting captures the note of a song stuck in your head, making you sway to the symphony of the notes for long.

The idea for this painting was inspired by a Bordeaux wine that I tasted. The blue, red, violet, brown colour palate is the reflection of the aromas of the wine which showed Kirsch, red plum, black plum, blue flowers, liquorice, chocolate, cinnamon, perfumed black tea and start anise aromas. There is a gentle play between these elements and the core idea of music to create a harmony that I experienced during my wine tasting. The taste of this wine lingers on the palate for long and hence this visualisation of music that one keeps humming with a feeling of joy, happiness and creation.

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‘the girl within’ Clos De Vougeot burgundy 1993

A burgundy wine with aromas of strawberry, raspberry, cherry, violet, rose, vanilla, sandalwood, truffle, mushrooms and meat. A finish that kept lingering and dancing in my mouth for long. The wine was elegant, restrained but not shy of fruit. It had a fleshy roundness that captivated my mouth. This wine had 20 years of bottle age and yet displayed vibrancy and freshness of the fruit.

My interpretation of this wine was that of a lady, one who may have aged but is still a girl at heart. A woman who may be quiet but isn’t shy, elegant but one who hides a naughty side. A woman with a musk of rose and violet, and one who dances exuberating youth and freshness.

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‘duality’ vigna cinque Taurasi wine 2015

A wine of power. Bold black fruits, cigar, meat, earth and pencil led aromas make it a savoury, delight. Sage and spices add to its depth and the tannins, coat the mouth in a wet sandy manner making you go in, deep contemplation. It is a powerful wine on the exterior, but as you let it hold, it starts showing its softer more beautiful aspect.

My painting tries to capture this dual masculine-feminine aspect of the wine. I start the painting with an excerpt from Edgar Alan Poe poem to cue vulnerability and then go on to explore the wine further with the translucent strokes of my brush to highlight the sheer nakedness of the feelings, which are often hidden behind the garb of masculinity.

Medium: Watercolor & Inks on Paper

Size : 76 cm x 60 cm

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OfCourse the story began with a sip, the aromas and flavours of night jasmine, lemon, pineapple, orange, butter, and layers of freshness all captured my thoughts. But then I got carried away by the lusciousness, the caress of silk in my mouth. It was almost like the lips that taste it, become it. Lips are a metaphor I have used to describe this wine I am portraying in my work of art. I was invited in the juicy allure of the wine at my first sip.

My painting portrays fuller, luscious and juicy lips of a woman to cue all the characteristics of this Chardonnay wine.

Medium: Watercolor, Inks on Paper

Size : 66 cm x 56 cm

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Can wine be your partner for an evening spent alone, loving, nurturing and caressing yourself?

When delicate rose petals, violets intermingle with lush juicy red berries and one gets to taste this foreplay of fruits with an orgasmic medley of mocha and wet forest floor, it makes you love not lust. This wine presented mellowed aromas and a gentle play of flavours - red fruits, rose petals, dried flowers, herbs, sandalwood, leather, rust, tobacco. Powdery tannins spread across. Palate, balanced by the acidity of wine. Soft but not shy. Fluid but strong. This wine gives you a well cushioned floral-fruit punch!

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