Orchha, India-01 Painting

It’s been 25 years for me as a practising graphic designer. That’s two full decades of trying to strike a balance between the urge for creative satisfaction and the urgency of deadlines. That inevitably means compromising one with the other, so it’s always a struggle to achieve that illusory Golden Mean. As an applied designer, the designs I create are always done within the confines of someone else’s brief. Well, that’s what applied design is and that’s what I enjoy doing for a living, for obvious reasons. No regrets! But once in a while, I get to be a designer for my own intent and brief…create what I love and want to do….and then seek critical appreciation for me to learn and grow…those are the paintings and drawings I do…