Ananda Swaroop is largely a self-taught artist with a profound passion for watercolours. For her, the medium is a source of endless fascination, offering moments of discovery as water shapes pigments into fluid, luminous forms. She finds herself captivated by the interplay of chance and control, as pigments glide, merge, and dissolve, creating textures and translucent layers that magically transform into eloquent images. It is this unpredictability and spontaneity that draws her most deeply to watercolour. Her artistic focus gravitates toward contemporary landscapes, with a particular love for capturing the trees and foliage of her Delhi neighbourhood. Ananda’s experiments with mixed media in watercolour earned her the Merit Award in the LANDSCAPE category at the 2023 (Autumn) Malaysia International Online Juried Art Competition. Her work was featured in both the participant exhibition and the festival catalogue at the Colours of Armenia International Watercolour Festival 2024 in Yerevan, Armenia. Her serious engagement with art practice began in 2019; in her other life, she is a professional writer and editor.

There will be an exhibition of Ananda’s works from Friday to Sunday 14th-16th March at Coex, and she will be on site and available to discuss her work on Friday from 11am-2pm and on. Saturday from 11am – 1pm

She will also run a workshop on watercolour textures on Saturday at 12-1.30pm. Price – RM 30. WhatsApp +91 98102 02048 to book