About This Artwork

"When nobody looks, the painting is just an object. The viewer's gaze makes it alive again." This panoramic work captures the memory left by monsoon on earth — the moment water retreats, leaving sediment, stain, and fossilized traces. Layers of acrylic, ink, marble dust, and actual rainwater interact with oxidizing agents to form organic blooms of ochre, mineral yellow, monsoon grey, and iron red. The surface resembles an unearthed riverbed or cave wall, cracked and reformed by cycles. Rooted in my Meson Sum theory: memory particles bind in matter like mesons bind atoms. I use materials that keep reacting — water stains that deepen, pigments that shift — so the painting is never finished. It documents Ahmedabad’s monsoon, but also personal impermanence. No focal point; the eye drifts like floodwater finding paths. Tactile, museum-quality.

About the Artist

Naresh Soni

Naresh Soni, Based in my studio in Maninagar, Ahmedabad, India, my artistic journey is rooted in a rich lineage of creative excellence. Trained under the mentorship of my father, Babulal J. Soni, an internationally acclaimed artist, I absorbed foundational techniques and creative philosophies from an early age. I furthered this artistic foundation with a formal education from the Sheth CN College of Fine Arts and was recognized with an award from the Gujarat State Lalit Kala Academy in 1991. For over thirty years, I have painted time. My career has bridged the sacred and the public, painting realistic devotional narratives on the ceilings and walls of temples across India, the UK, the USA, Nairobi, and South Africa, alongside major public commissions like the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Inter