The purest form of love can be seen and felt in the bond between a mother and child.
My Belief
The essence of their life
Mother and Child is a phenomenon that I have been exploring, painting and depicting in its various moods through different series.
Through detailed research and documentation, the work records expectations, reality, happiness, hardship and the strength that survives inside difficult circumstances.
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About
Painting her own rainbow road
Practising art has been an integral part of Tanisha Bakshi's life for as long as she can remember. After winning prizes for fine art in school, she chose art as her career and later took up formal training.
Her creations focus on one of the most universal emotions: a mother's love, captured through observation, research and sensitive portraiture.
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News
Media
The New Indian Express
A profile of the decision to pursue fine art and a practice focused on maternal love.
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Coverage following Tanisha Bakshi’s presentation at World Art Dubai.
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A profile of her journey from school topper to a full time visual artist.
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A look at composition, research and the arrangement of narrative elements.
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From the Journal
Why Mother and Child Remains a Powerful Subject in Art
The mother and child subject continues to hold power because it brings tenderness, labour, vulnerability and social reality into one human relationship.
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Ethical Storytelling When Art Draws From Real Communities
Ethical community based art depends on informed consent, accurate context, shared dignity and clear decisions about benefit and risk.
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Art as a Record of Community Life
Art can preserve gestures, relationships and everyday environments that formal records often overlook.
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