Lush Hours, Remembered Lands
Mixed Media on Mono-printed paper.
This technical procedure suggested not only a new way of thinking and imagining but resulted into a new aesthetics of dancing and moving shapes, the drama of edges, a new interplay of figure and ground in which every ground can be a new figure, just as every figure doubles up as a new ground for yet another figure, a process that can carry on ad infinitum. This method of working that allowed her to hold spontaneity as the highest virtue; or, one could say, that with this initial surrender to freedom by turning away from the bare canvas, Sabharwal earned her right to improvise and even ‘go wild’ like the Fauvists with coloured shapes and moving contours.
Parul Dave Mukherjee. ( A Fauvist Feast: Towards a Tautology of Practice 2017).
‘Flooding boundaries’. Etching ink and watercolor. 26 1/2" x 40". 2023
'Fertile lands'. Etching ink and watercolor. 26 1/2" x 40". 2022
'Grace' 26 1/2 x 40" 2023
'Grace 2' 26 1/2 x 40" 2022
'Rust'. Etching ink, watercolor and pastel on Monoprint. 26 1/2 X 40" 2022
'Ghost'. Etching ink, watercolor and pastel on Monoprint. 26 1/2 X 40" 2022
'Summer rain'. Etching ink and watercolor. 26 1/2" x 40". 2023
'Fertile, afternoon'. Ink and watercolor on Monoprint. 30" X 40". 2022.
Liquid Organs. Watercolor pastel and etching Ink, painting on Mono printed paper, 30”X 44”. 2019.
'Hibiscous'. Watercolor pastel and etching Ink, painting on Mono printed paper, 30”X 40”. 2016.
'Conjugate'. Watercolor pastel and etching Ink, painting on Mono printed paper, 30”X 40”. 2016.
'Evening Rush', Watercolor pastel and etching Ink, painting on Mono printed paper, 30”X 40”. 2016.
'Boundaries'. Watercolor pastel and etching Ink, painting on Mono printed paper, 30”X 40”. 2016.
'Ta Da'. Watercolor pastel and etching Ink, painting on Mono printed paper, 30”X 40”. 2016.
'Tide' Watercolor pastel and etching Ink, painting on Mono printed paper, 22"x 30”. 2013.
'Red glory' Watercolor pastel and etching Ink, painting on Mono printed paper, 22" X 30”. 2014.
'Lush lands'. Watercolor pastel and etching Ink, painting on Mono printed paper, 30”X 40”. 2014.
'Gas light'. Watercolor pastel and etching Ink, painting on Mono printed paper, 30”X 40”. 2015.
'Social Distancing'. Watercolor pastel and etching Ink, painting on Mono printed paper, 30”X 40”. 2020.
'Finding solid ground'. Watercolor pastel and etching Ink, painting on Mono printed paper, 30”X 40”. 2016.
'Orange remains'. Watercolor pastel and etching Ink, painting on Mono printed paper, 22" X 30”. 2019.
‘Sparkle’ Watercolor, ink and pastel on Mono printed paper. 30” X 40”. 2014.
Her hybrid monoprint paintings are delicate and layered; she can make
objects float in the neither-here-nor-there ether, or form effulgent
cascades that might be microscopic views of plant cells, a golden
beach at low tide, or the god-like torrent that impregnated Dana —
this is how “Sparkle” (2014) reads to me.
-— Seph Rodney, senior critic Hyperallergic-
'Cascade'. Watercolor pastel and etching Ink, painting on Mono printed paper, 30”X 44”. 2015.
Take ‘Cascade,’ 2016. Luminous shades of sapphire and royal blue highlight what appears to be a cavernous pathway below the sea. Transparent bubbles and white light create a halo around the entrance, beckoning us to enter. Jagged, dark, moss green marks that resemble rocks suggest a hidden mountainous terrain way below the earth. Time stands still as one is lured into this dreamscape that is as mysterious as it is ominous.
Bansie Vasvani, 2020
'Through time' Watercolor, pastel and etching ink. 44"x 30" 2015
'Stripe'. Watercolor pastel and etching Ink, painting on Mono printed paper, 30”X22”. 2016.
'Lagoon'. Watercolor pastel and etching Ink, painting on Mono printed paper, 30”X 22”. 2019.
'Seated' Watercolor, pastel and etching ink 30" x 22" 2019
‘Time past, Time present’. Watercolor pastel and etching Ink, 40” 30”. 2015
'Rosendale Fall'. Watercolor pastel and etching Ink, painting on Mono printed paper, 30”X 22”. 2016.
Almost resembling organs without bodies, the hypnotically moving shapes set against a tremulous light (Black Swirls, 2014; Night Nets 2014, Night Sparkle 2014 and Super Woman 2016) conjure up a dazzling interiority. They are about deep spaces, of the mind, of the subconscious, undersea, night sky or about light itself. They are floating spaces without a horizon.
Parul Dave Mukherjee. ( A Fauvist Feast: Towards a Tautology of Practice 2017).
Anniversary Hyper quote
“And for someone who manipulates shade and tone as deftly as she does, it’s impressive that her sense of compositional structure is just as strong — which can be seen in the black and white print “Anniversary” (2016), which depicts what may be dandelion wisps wafting to the foreground to become a garden of human eyes settling onto a bone-white ground below. Loveliness lives in her hand”.
-— Seph Rodney, senior critic Hyperallergic
'Circulating Paths'. Watercolor etching ink, pastel, Painting on Monoprint. 30" X 40". 2014.
'Night nets'. Watercolor etching ink, pastel, Painting on Monoprint. 22" X 30". 2014.
'Fleeing through'. Watercolor etching ink, pastel, Painting on Monoprint. 30" X 40". 2014.
'In between' Watercolor etching ink, pastel, Painting on Monoprint. 30" X 40". 2019.
' Rosendale Fall- ghost'. Watercolor etching ink, pastel, Painting on Monoprint. 30" X 22". 2016.
'Stripe- ghost'. Watercolor etching ink, pastel, Painting on Monoprint. 30" X 22". 2014.
'Fall walk 2'. Watercolor etching ink, pastel, Painting on Monoprint. 30" X 22". 2014.
'Time past, time present 2'. Watercolor etching ink, pastel, Painting on Monoprint. 30" X 40". 2015.
'Lush lands 2'. Watercolor etching ink, pastel, Painting on Monoprint. 30" X 40". 2014.
'After Glow'. Watercolor etching ink, pastel, Painting on Monoprint. 30" X 40". 2014.
hyper quote about steam
Watercolor etching ink, pastel, Painting on Monoprint. 30" X 40". 2014.
Watercolor etching ink, pastel, Painting on Monoprint. 30" X 40". 2014.
Watercolor etching ink, pastel, Painting on Monoprint. 30" X 40". 2014.
'Peaks'. Watercolor etching ink, pastel, Painting on Monoprint. 22" X 30". 2015.
'Confetti'. Watercolor etching ink, pastel, Painting on Monoprint. 22" X 30". 2015.
'Listening'. Watercolor etching ink, pastel, Painting on Monoprint. 22" X 30". 2015.