Here’s a quick Q&A with Fauzia:

¿Por qué pintas?
Painting is the only truth for me. I paint for my soul and to gain clarity in all that I do.

¿Cuánto tiempo llevas pintando?
I have been associated with art for almost 35 years – after having had long pauses and breaks, I have been enjoying a full-fledged painter’s career for the last 4 years.

Have you had formal training?
Yes – in fine arts at home and abroad.

¿Eres artista profesional o tienes otro trabajo?
I’m a painter by passion and profession, an influencer, as well as a gallerist.

¿Quién te inspira?
I have been blessed with several. They are my role models, whom I seek to emulate in order to enhance myself.

¿Has tenido algún mentor?
I find mentors in people I can learn from, whatever it may be.

¿Pintas todos los días?
I wish I painted every day, but I don’t. Painting is the most beautiful of all arts and, as per my mood, I take it on with strokes and colour.

¿Pintas al aire libre o en el estudio?
A bit of both. En plein air resonates the most, as I want the viewer to feel what I felt, to have this sense that there is so much more to our existence. Studio art also comes easy.

¿Qué música escuchas mientras pintas?
Music and painting are entwined for me. It’s like a painting is the music I see and music is the painting I can hear. Both classical and instrumental inspire me, while the great Indian maestro, Jagjit Singh is my motivation.

¿Pintas de memoria o usas fotografías como referencia?
I find it easy to capture my own photography and then make subject of it. My expression and storyline fits its best self when I do my own reference.

¿Empiezas con un boceto o un concepto inicial?
Yes, I do refer to a concept piece for guidance most of the time.

¿Trabajas en una sola pieza a la vez o en varias?
I do several because I also paint with oil, which takes time to dry.

¿Pintas en vertical o en horizontal?
I mostly paint vertically. It’s more comfortable for me.

What core colors do you work with?
Earthy tones speak to me the most – colours that breathe and flow into nature’s greenery and light, allowing me to express my love for the breathing creation that exists in silence.

¿Tubos, sartenes o palitos?
I prefer the 15 ml tubes, but I’m waiting for my sticks to arrive!

¿Cuánto tiempo te lleva terminar una pieza?
Depending on the subject and size, I usually attempt a half-imperial study in an hour, then the painting takes about a day.

¿Cómo sabes cuándo tu obra de arte está terminada?
An expression of myself – what I stand for and what I believe in – defines the moment that my artwork is done.