About This Artwork

"Where Elements Meet" is a definitive expression of my "Moment in Moment" creative process. My work begins outside the studio, where I use a camera to build an archive of visual memories—capturing overlooked urban surfaces, rust, and weathered patinas. Back in the studio, these memories are distilled onto paper and finally expanded onto this structural 6mm plywood base. Here, raw pigments, oil, acrylic, ink, and water are allowed to collide, react, and resist one another in an elemental struggle. I introduce hyper-local Ahmedabad street soil into the wet layers, creating a heavy, physical topography where intention and chance meet. I stop painting when the movement of the materials reaches a state of complete stillness within me. This piece is a frozen moment of movement. It remains a silent object until you stand before it.

#Calm #Spiritual #Dramatic #Dreamy #geological #Textured #mixed media on bord #on plywood #moment in movement #abstract expressionism

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