“we stop growing when we think there is nothing more to learn"
Punita is a visual artist, teacher and liberation seeker working with a variety of artistic endeavors. Through her art, she brings attention to love; be it self-love, love for humanity or deep love for our planet mother earth. She embarks to understand what we do to the planet we do to ourselves. Her art seeks to convey the message that to be human is to be both flawed and divine. Spiritual faculties play a significant role in her paintings. Her art represents transformation; to move from shallow, prejudiced and fearful realities to one that is loving, compassionate, abundant and peaceful. Her work captures the dream state of mind and she portrays them in such a way where reality and fiction meets.
Inspiration & Style
Inspiration is Punita’s soul’s reward and it comes from the divine mind which chooses its own colors and symphony. Nature inspires her and the circumstances humanity endures globally on daily basis touches her heart profoundly. Nature’s bewilderment and beauty inspires her to create works of art. God and life itself, in all of its suffering, sacredness and complexity further contributes to her need to express herself more on canvas.
Her motivation come from when she feel closely connected with God that resides in all and in everything; it is like a catalyst to all of us. In her views painting can illustrate the viewers but it cannot inform them exactly of those deepest emotions which an artist goes through. Each one of us has a gift for creativity in our capacity or another.
Rumi says: “Man is a captive on earth, his body and mind are his prison bars, and the soul is unconsciously craving to experience the freedom where originally it belongs."
Style
Punita is a versatile artist she finds that her art gets stagnate with no challenges in it when she uses only one style of artistic techniques. Mixed media, application of oil colors with spatula, pen & ink, diligent placement of silk colors and watercolors are the primary techniques she plays her color symphony with. She uses strong contrasts, vibrant and exquisite colors, detailed textures and bold emotional essences. In her art, fluidity, balance and variety of color play a significant role. Her emphasis is on balance of colors but at the same time not to make it equally balanced. Also marrying and interconnecting her subject and object with shadows is quite evident in her work.
Education & Training
“Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of sacred scripture once the soul has learnt to read “ __Sadi
Punita is a lifelong learner and student at heart. No knowledge is gained without sacrifice. After completing her Bachelor of Arts, Masters of Arts and Bachelor of Education degrees, she continued pursuing higher education in fine arts by taking further courses at University of Alberta.
“Punita has a gift for creativity and a talent for inspiring others. An award-winning artist, she is inspired by—and, in turn, inspires—women of many generations and backgrounds. As an instructor, she teaches her students to see the internal beauty of each person. She works with community groups—from hospitals and senior associations to the Cerebral Palsy Association in Alberta and the Women’s Emergency Accommodation Centre—as part of her lesson plans, providing students a greater appreciation for others. She has been recognized with the City of Edmonton Cultural Diversity in the Arts Award and was named a YWCA Woman of Distinction.” -Recognizing the outstanding achievements of University of Alberta alumni early in their careers 2009 – New trail University of Alberta Alumni magazine 2009
Press/Publication
‘Kindness is a language we all can speak; even the deaf can hear it and the blind can see it’
2013 Salute to Excellence, The city of Edmonton
2012 New Trail, University of Alberta Alumni Magazine
2012 The Alberta Teachers’ Association News, Edmonton Alberta
2012 The 25th Annual Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts, Edmonton Alberta
2012 Real Teachers. Real Stories, Edmonton Alberta
2011 The 24th Annual Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts, Edmonton Alberta
2010 28th Annual Award gala, Edmonton Alberta
2009 Global TV, Edmonton Alberta
Community:
‘Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great and greatness is determined by service’ __M. Luther King
Giving back to the community and sharing your talents with others is the key to live a harmonious and successful life is always the priority for her. Everybody has a paradigm of service. Any life and everything can be enhanced by giving and sharing and opening up your heart chakra. In her journey, she has found that her life and her art have only been enhanced by giving and sharing her godly gifts, skills and knowledge with others. Being a teacher and visual artist her generous spirit and passion to use art as a means to help others is evident in her art donations to Harcourt House Gallery, Rainbow Society of Alberta, YWCA, i-India, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada and Rotary Club of Edmonton Gateway and Women Shelter. Punita hopes to continue to weave Dāna/donation in her artistic journey. At the heart her intentions and actions are only to reach out to the needs of the community. Several of her art pieces were donated for silent auctions, fundraising events, businesses, charity organizations and social agencies in Edmonton.
“Until man extends his circle of compassion to include all living and non living things man himself will not find balance in this life. No bad remains un- punished and no good remains unrewarded.”
Donated work
Punita is a versatile visual artist, who has chosen to make a difference in the lives of unprivileged and less fortunate ones. She is trying to give them extraordinary life experiences by acknowledging and sharing her expertise, skills and knowledge that everybody’s existence does matter. In her art work, she is bringing attention to the obstacles women and the environment has been facing globally. She feel more authentic and unique by expressing her emotions in a variety of ways.
