Here’s a quick Q&A with Fauzia:

為什麼畫畫？
Painting is the only truth for me. I paint for my soul and to gain clarity in all that I do.

你畫畫多久了？
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.

您是職業藝術家還是有其他工作？
I’m a painter by passion and profession, an influencer, as well as a gallerist.

誰激勵著你？
I have been blessed with several. They are my role models, whom I seek to emulate in order to enhance myself.

你有沒有過導師？
I find mentors in people I can learn from, whatever it may be.

你每天都畫畫嗎？
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.

你是戶外寫生還是室內寫生？
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.

你畫畫的時候都聽什麼音樂？
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.

你是憑記憶作畫還是參考照片作畫？
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.

你是先畫草圖還是概念圖？
Yes, I do refer to a concept piece for guidance most of the time.

你一次只做一件作品，還是同時做幾件作品？
I do several because I also paint with oil, which takes time to dry.

你是豎著畫還是平著畫？
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.

管狀、盤狀還是棒狀？
I prefer the 15 ml tubes, but I’m waiting for my sticks to arrive!

你完成一件作品需要多久時間？
Depending on the subject and size, I usually attempt a half-imperial study in an hour, then the painting takes about a day.

如何判斷你的藝術作品何時完成？
An expression of myself – what I stand for and what I believe in – defines the moment that my artwork is done.