Feelings

An emotional abstract collection

TRIP

Origin

TRIP was born during a period of personal turbulence.

The artist was navigating an emotionally difficult phase during her postgraduate years. Unable to express what she was carrying internally, she was advised by her therapist to find a safe outlet: to release emotion through art or a personal practice. Art became her lifeboat.

What began as private emotional release soon revealed an unexpected public resonance.

One evening, the artist was called out of her room into a hall filled with people dancing under RGB lights. A single painting “AASHI 17” (now the right eye of TRIP) had been placed at the centre. As the music played, people moved instinctively around it, responding to its energy. Someone remarked, “What a trippy painting.”

That moment marked a shift.

The artist realised that art did not have to remain a solitary act — it could hold space for others as well.


Colour, Identity, and Continuation

AASHI 17 was composed using seven colours, unintentionally aligning with the VIBGYOR spectrum. Coincidentally, the artist had a close LGBTQ+ friend, and the palette mirrored the pride flag.

Recognising this resonance, she chose to continue working with seven colours as a quiet gesture of solidarity — supporting not only her own journey, but the journeys of others navigating identity, emotion, and self expression.


The Work

The three paintings — two deeply spiralling eyes and a smiling mouth — together form one single artwork, titled TRIP.

TRIP represents the journey every individual must undertake alone. No one can walk it on another’s behalf.

TRIP began as an imagined character within the artist’s emotional universe. It holds pain, anger, shame, confusion, and vulnerability — everything that must be felt in order to be released.


Resolution

At the end of every journey — at the end of every trip — there is clarity.

There is victory, peace, and light.

When one looks back from that light, the darkness no longer appears as darkness. It reveals itself as a spectrum — seven colours, layered with meaning.

TRIP smiles.

Distraction

Distraction emerged from a phase in the artist’s life marked by an urge to avoid confronting reality and its underlying challenges.

Rather than resistance, the work explores intentional diversion — an attempt to momentarily step away from emotional weight.

The piece is created using the acrylic pour technique on canvas. To generate uninterrupted visual complexity, the artist deliberately varied the consistency of each colour, allowing every pigment to flow independently.

The chromatic progression within the work is deliberate — moving from black through blue and green, then into yellow, finally resolving into golden and white tones.

This transition mirrors a psychological shift — from emotional density toward clarity and possibility.

The work invites the viewer not to analyze, but to wander visually and momentarily let go.