LIFE OUTSIDE THE WINDOW

This the outlook from my studio window where I view this house while I’m painting.
To look out the window and see the beauty of ordinary things. For me windows are the only connection to the outside world in this lock down. In a monotonous and often helpless lives, a window offers an escape from reality. I draw the only information available to me from this window, what is the weather today, how winter is waning and spring is coming, the changes in the trees and flowers, how people are dressed, how father and daughter are playing with each other in the house. Outside is always a moment, life, colours, something new. I peer outside but I’m busy with my own thoughts, my past life where I was playing with my parents like this, in another country wishing I could see them. The painting has a deeper meaning, it’s about all who haven’t met their family’s or can’t be with them, and those who lost loved ones to COVID as I lost mine.
The mobile phone is a symbol of the vital tangible connection we have with those we long to be with.

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Usha Bachhil is a contemporary realist full-time artist living in Sydney. who paints
predominantly in oils, her preferred method of working is primarily from life under
natural light and shadow. Drawing and painting has always seemed magical for her
especially being able to capture lighting and mood.
Usha’s work explores the beauty of still life from objects and things around her life. She
focuses on capture the beauty and simplicity that we normally overlook and rarely
appreciate. Much of her work uses balanced composition with a sense of tranquility. She
also enjoys exploring other subject matters such as flowers, animals, figure, landscape
using different mediums.