Tanmay Upadhyaya, The One with Colours & Stripes #24, 2021

Materials: Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel

Artist Statement: I am an abstract expressionist. I try to evoke a sense of beauty and inspiration through the interactions between colours as they find their place on the surface I'm working with. I am an experimental painter. I play with colours, surfaces, textures, gestures, and implements to see what comes out of it. I am passionately in love with colours and constantly inspired by the abundance of colours in nature. Growing up in a colour-centric culture primed me for this life-long love. I endeavor to create pieces that produce the same passion for colours in others that I have always felt.

Artist Bio: I'm a Toronto based self-taught abstract expressionist, passionately in love with colours. After a lifetime of wanting to paint, I finally started painting in 2018 at the age of 39. I haven’t looked back since then and I look forward to seeing where this new voice for expression will lead.