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Art washes away the dust of daily life from our souls.

PABLO PICASSO

Every day I see something that I'd like to paint, to make an etching, or a woodcut of. I record my experiences of beautiful or surprising moments,sometimes nature in its full glory, sometimes a beautiful interaction with people. Sometimes I have to take a picture while driving, at other times a mental note of an image that cannot be captured. You would have experienced how meditative and delicious nature and music can be. Here is some of my self initiated work which continues to push my understandings of mediums and compositions, and towards learning more about light and colour. The search is eternal and highly rewarding. Welcome to the inside of my eye!

MY ETCHINGS IN THEIR FOREVER HOMES!

STORM IN GUWAHATI, 70x100 cm, 2013.

PRINTMAKING DONE AT AN ARTISTS' RESIDENCY IN UTTARAYAN FOUNDATION, VADODARA, GUJARAT, INDIA.

I happened to be travelling through Guwahati with a friend on my way to a music festival in North-East India. We had just finished lunch and whilst standing on the terrace we were nearly blown away by the famous Assamese monsoon winds! It's the biggest storm cloud I ever saw and I just HAD to make it on the biggest metal plate I could find. Etching is a very satisfying process in which textures, line and colour make their own decisions on the metal plate when interacting with acidic chemical and pine resin. The result is a collaboration with my mind and the forces of nature!

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NISHITA JHA, LONDON, 2022

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I am always in the process of creating unique & memorable peices. Drop me a line at samiasingh@gmail.com or at +919999645610 and lets think together.

LIMITED EDITION MULTI PLATE ETCHING & LETTERPRESS PRINT

THE STORMS WITHIN, 25 x 100 cm, 2012, FLORENCE, ITALY.

PRINTMAKING DONE AT IL BISONTE INSTITUTO DE GRAFICA, IN FIRENZE, ITALY.

The Storms Within, Firenze 2012. Edition of 15. INR 15,000. Sold Out

At the end of my printmaking course in the wonderful Il Bisonte Instituto de Arte Grafica, Italy, I wanted to make an etching to capture the learnings & the memories of the beautiful year spent with my new friends in the gorgeous city of Florence.

Setting the letterpress for a poem I wrote for a set of etchings at the esteemed Il Bisonte Instituto del Arte Grafica, Firenze, Italy 2013
Setting the letterpress for a poem I wrote for a set of etchings at the esteemed Il Bisonte Instituto del Arte Grafica, Firenze, Italy 2013
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Sketching and planning  a set of etchings at the esteemed Il Bisonte Instituto del Arte Grafica, Firenze, Italy 2013
Girl with Guitalele, edition of 12. INR 15,000, A3 size
Artist at rest

Ceramic animal series

Leopards enjoying the forest

In bustling New Delhi, I work at the studio of cermaic artist Vishakha Swarup to bring to life these cats in various poses of leisure.

The idea is to explore materials in the future and to animate these creatures to move sometime as well. An installation of a conference of animals asking us humans why we won't leave their habitats alone?

Leopards chilling, ceramic sculptures

Painting my city in Gouache

FLEETING MOMENTS IN PAINTINGS

ONGOING SERIES, 2020 - PRESENT

The new leaves of the Kusum tree are bright red. My nani, Sheila Didi, a barrister who studied at Lincoln’s Inn, London, used to cycle to the high court in a sari. I imagine she would have passed beneath these very trees on a summer day like this. What does a tree remind you of?
Silver Oaks line this favourite evening walk. The evening sun is delightful especially in quarantine life.
A breezy day to soak in some nature despite everything that’s going on.
Jacaranda petals fly over us
Swiggy food delivery men take a break under the fig trees.

See the entire collection of my city paintings published by Belgium based Revolve magazine here.