Rachna Parangath

I was born in Cochin, India but moved to Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa when I was 3 months old and grew up there.

I have always sketched and painted through out my life. I am a self taught artist, though I do like attending short courses that help in improving my technique.

Currently I like using oil paints and right now I'm fascinated by the idea that all of us are a mixture of different people or personalities, and that we unconsciously or consciously alter who we are depending on the person or situation we are dealing with. Most of my paintings are of faces that reflect the many personas we adopt. The face is like a mirror to our souls, conveying our deepest desires, fears and hopes. Sometimes we are able program our expressions and feelings to control how much we convey to the world like a well painted picture with the correct angles and symmetry of color. But occasionally it is impossible command our emotions and feelings into a semblance of disciplined expressions.
I like using open and closed eyes, exaggerated lips, and different colors to convey these different mini persons in us. I also like toying with the idea that we are all not a hundred percent man or woman in the traditional classification of the genders. Parts ...

Masters in Business Administration and worked in Wealth Management for over 10 years.