Relax like a Cow

Recently, I visited Phillip Island and came across a beautiful cow resting in complete awareness. There was nothing to do, nowhere to be just a quiet presence that instantly drew me in. I couldn’t resist painting it, hoping to capture that same feeling of simply being.

The colours in the background are inspired by the surrounding landscape, while the flowing patterns represent the waves of my own mind constantly moving, searching, and trying to arrive at the present moment. Like many of us, my mind struggled against its own restless nature.

The cow became a gentle reminder that peace isn’t something to achieve; it’s something we return to when we stop resisting the present.

This painting will always remind me to relax like a cow.

Collectors have three options when purchasing this artwork:

1. It can be purchased as is, in its original unstretched canvas form.
2. You can choose the Bluethumb stretching service by selecting the stretch option. The artwork will be sent directly to professional framers. Once stretched, the painted edges will remain visible around the sides, giving it a clean, finished look.
3. Framing can also be added by selecting the framing service option.

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I am originally from India and completed my five-year Bachelor of Architecture in Chandigarh. During this time, I began exploring my artistic voice by creating paintings for interior design projects, collaborating with designers, and painting murals for cafés. In 2019, I moved to Australia to pursue a Master’s degree in Architecture. Alongside my studies, I worked as a part-time painting instructor, continuing to develop my artistic practice.

Over the years, through countless canvases and experimentation with different techniques, my work gradually evolved toward a deeper exploration of animals and their way of being. I became fascinated by the quiet wisdom animals embody and the way they exist fully in the present moment, untouched by the complexity of human thought.

Through my paintings, I invite viewers to experience the simplicity and immediacy of life through the presence of animals. Their awareness appears direct and undivided, offering a reflection on mindfulness and the possibility of living more fully in the present.

Recently, my practice has expanded into abstract painting as a way to explore the emotional world of animals. I have long been curious about what animals truly feel. As humans, we can only perceive life through our own structured and analytical minds, often layered with memory and anticipation. The quiet inner experience of an animal remains beyond our direct understanding.

These abstract works attempt to approach that mystery. Linear backgrounds represent the passage of time steady, calm, and continuous suggesting a life that moves forward without becoming entangled in thought. Within this flow, a single emotion emerges. Pure and immediate, it transforms the moment into a deeper experiential state.

The paintings capture this intersection of time, presence, and feeling where awareness is not analytical but lived. They are reflections on existence experienced directly rather than interpreted through thought.