Here’s a quick Q&A with Fauzia:

Tại sao bạn lại vẽ tranh?
Painting is the only truth for me. I paint for my soul and to gain clarity in all that I do.

Bạn đã vẽ tranh được bao lâu rồi?
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.

Bạn là một nghệ sĩ chuyên nghiệp hay bạn có công việc khác?
I’m a painter by passion and profession, an influencer, as well as a gallerist.

Ai là người truyền cảm hứng cho bạn?
I have been blessed with several. They are my role models, whom I seek to emulate in order to enhance myself.

Bạn đã từng có người hướng dẫn chưa?
I find mentors in people I can learn from, whatever it may be.

Bạn có vẽ tranh mỗi ngày không?
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.

Bạn vẽ tranh ngoài trời hay trong xưởng vẽ?
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.

Bạn thường nghe nhạc gì khi vẽ tranh?
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.

Bạn vẽ từ trí nhớ hay từ ảnh tham khảo?
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.

Bạn bắt đầu bằng bản phác thảo hay bản vẽ ý tưởng?
Yes, I do refer to a concept piece for guidance most of the time.

Bạn làm từng tác phẩm một hay nhiều tác phẩm cùng lúc?
I do several because I also paint with oil, which takes time to dry.

Bạn vẽ theo chiều dọc hay chiều ngang?
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.

Dạng ống, dạng chảo hay dạng que?
I prefer the 15 ml tubes, but I’m waiting for my sticks to arrive!

Bạn mất bao lâu để hoàn thành một tác phẩm?
Depending on the subject and size, I usually attempt a half-imperial study in an hour, then the painting takes about a day.

Làm sao bạn biết khi nào tác phẩm nghệ thuật của mình đã hoàn thành?
An expression of myself – what I stand for and what I believe in – defines the moment that my artwork is done.