In search of water

An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts, and/or demonstrating an art.

That's wiki's definition of the word 'Artist'. As a child growing up in a school the encouraged the arts as much as it emphasized the sciences - I feel incredibly blessed to have had parents that let me find myself through experiments.

There was a period between grades 4 and 7 when I attended more classes than I had the time for. Veena, Classical Music, Art, Piano, Sanskrit and Bharatanatyam. That's 6 classes in a 7 day week. You can do the math.

Was I burnt out? May be a bit. But this variety made me a half assed artist in all but dance. I went on to take dance more seriously, and was performing fairly regularly (until I relocated to the US). As much as I like perfection in dance, I enjoy seeking it in the other art forms. Every time I pull a canvas out - I have a vision which doesn't quite translate the exact same way. I fight with impatience, disappointment and the lack of technique to take something to completion.

But the moment I finish one, I am longing to do the next. May be - that quality should be what defines an artist.

Here's a look at one of my firsts

Amateurish - yet my husbands favorite of all my canvases.