My love affair with dragonflies

I've always loved dragonflies!I've painted and sketched them a million times over and I even got one inked.I've never really been able to pin-point my love for dragonflies or been able to express articulately why i love them,it's just this light happy,floating feeling i get when i see dragonflies.I'm so happy its dragonfly season in Mumbai,every other day when i get the chance to take Astra[My little Lhasa bundle of fluff] for a run or rather a game of go fetch on our building terrace I'm met with a swarm of dragonflies dancing in the sky.

I remember reading about dragonflies a long time ago about how they are symbolic of change and transformation maybe at some subconscious level that's what i relate to or maybe its the ex-strategy planner trying to force fit logic to it.I'm no stranger to change in fact I sometimes think It thrive and feed of it.If things get too routine I know I've always found a way to shake things up.

Today i had an unannounced,unexpected but very welcome visitor drop in!!Happiness overload!!

Dragonfly catchers

This kettle design was done for someone very special to me,she's one of the most positive,vibrant and loving people i know.It just so happens that she loves dragonflies and cats,so i did  this pastel blue kettle with cute cat silhouettes and dragonflies keeping that in mind.I loved working on this piece and its a tad bit different from my usual explosion of colour!

Dragonflies!!

I love painting dragonflies,theres something mesmerising about how fragile and delicate they are!I guess a large part of my love for them is the fact that i can do some really detailed design work on the dragonfly.Just the other day i realised i have done quite a dragonfly designs in the past so heres a the update so far,I'm sure there will be many more to come in the future!