May 2021

This is a portrait of my mom which I did from a black and white photo of hers as a surprise for Mother's Day. Doing this portrait brought me closer to her not only as her child but as a woman. We tend to look at our parents from a telescope, a certain way we have always seen or thought of them but while I was working on this portrait I realized we all have a role to play and in somethings we are different from our parents and a lot alike them too, which we realize only when we are in their shoes. I saw her in a different light while working on this. I could see a beautiful elegant confident woman full of life. I can never forget the joy I saw on her face when I showed this painting to her.