Monisha Mohanraj is a visual Artist from Perth, best known for Mixed Media paintings of Australian Flora and Fauna. Monisha grew up in India where she commenced her Masters in Visual Arts before settling in Perth, Western Australia. She was also a formal Art educator before launching full time into Painting sine 2012.
"Travel inspires my artwork. Whilst traveling I observe the local tradition and native flora and fauna and try to relate these to my experiences. In turn, my art becomes a journal of my interpretation, reiterating the Journey. In each work I aim to reconstruct the whole experience of my travels by translating individual aspects into layers, similarly to how memories are stacked. This layering process is highly intrinsic to the work because it metaphorically indicates how each layer of memory is preserved by the next layer, keeping the overall memory intact".