About me
My story as an artist didn’t begin at twenty-nine. It began much earlier, in childhood, when I would draw animals and birds with a quiet sense of joy I didn’t fully understand at that time. But even before that, the very first person who introduced me to drawing was my mother.
I still remember being in fifth standard, when my school announced a drawing competition. I didn’t know how to begin, but my mother sat beside me and patiently taught me how to draw a dinosaur. That dinosaur became my very first painting, and more than that, it became my first memory of believing that I could create something meaningful with my own hands. In that competition, I won the first prize. That moment was my first achievement as an artist, and my mother was both my inspiration and my first teacher in art.
After that, creating felt natural to me. Drawing animals, birds, and the small wonders of nature became a part of my world. But as life moved forward, I slowly stepped away from it. No one told me that art could become a life, a purpose, or a profession. So like many childhood dreams, it quietly stayed in the background, waiting.
The Turning Point
I chose a path that felt safe. I pursued Chartered Accountancy for eight years, giving it everything I had, with complete dedication and hope. I went through eleven attempts. Ten times, I failed. Each failure didn’t just test my preparation—it tested my confidence, my patience, and at times, even my sense of self. And when I finally completed it, I thought I would feel fulfilled. But instead, there was a silence inside me I couldn’t ignore. I had achieved something I worked hard for, but it didn’t feel like it belonged to my heart.
That silence became my turning point.
I slowly returned to the part of me that had always been alive—the creator within me. At the age of twenty-nine, I began again as an artist, not as something temporary, but with intention, courage, and love by me. It wasn’t easy to restart something I had once left behind, but something inside me felt whole again when I created.
”Today, every time I complete a painting, I don’t just see an artwork. I see healing. I see resilience. I see a version of me that didn’t give up on herself. No title has ever given me the feeling that a finished canvas gives me. My art is inspired by the beauty of nature, the magic of fairy tales, and the emotions hidden in stories that transport us beyond reality. Through landscapes, imagination, and feeling, I want to create art that makes people pause for a moment… and feel something they may have forgotten—wonder.”
- Abinaya
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