Swapna Namboodiri, Turning Ocean Plastic into Art in Adelaide
Swapna Namboodiri spent 6 years as a software engineer at Infosys. After office hours, she painted. She made things. The creative practice wasn’t waiting in the wings – it was…
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“Marriage”, 2025. Synthetic polymer paint on canvas. 90 cms diameter.
About The Painting : Marriage One of the first few viewers of the painting remarked, “Is this what you see a marriage as? Fragmented, chaotic, broken?” To the artist, marriage…
“Bite Me”, 2025. Synthetic polymer paint & pencil on canvas. 16 inches diameter.
About The Painting : Bite Me This painting is an interpretation of an Ouroboros in the artist’s signature line-painting style. The title “Bite Me” is the artist’s attempt at being…
“45”, 2025. Synthetic polymer paint on canvas. 90 cms diameter.
About The Painting : 45 This painting is inspired by the occasion of the artist turning 45 years young. The artist’s name “Naina”, means “eyes’ in the Hindi language, which…
“System Of Becoming”, 2025. Synthetic polymer paint on canvas. 90 cms diameter.
About The Painting : System Of Becoming This painting is inspired by the Ouroboros, which has found representation in a variety of cultures across time and geography. There are four…
“We Ride At Dawn”, 2025. Synthetic polymer paint on canvas. 90 cms diameter.
About The Painting : We Ride At Dawn This painting is inspired by the colours of the Aurora Australis and the colours of Australia. Naina saw her first ever Aurora…
Adelaide Sky 003 #KhaosPhilos
From my first work trip on the trains, the first glorious sunset I witnessed from the carriage window. Somewhere between Adelaide and Sydney. It gives me quite the adrenalin charge…
Adelaide Sky 002 #KhaosPhilos
This one is inspired from this absolutely insane sunset that my friend and I witnessed at Henley Beach, Adelaide. Adelaide Sky 002March 202512×12 inchesOil pastels on Watercolor Paper Not available…
There Were Sheep, Oil Pastels on Watercolor Paper #KhaosPhilos
From the train, when the landscape is rushing outside the window, all blurred and beautiful, I always have this urge to freeze-frame and capture it forever. This particular painting is…
Adelaide Sky 001 #KhaosPhilos
After having moved to Australia, I have been enchanted by the sunsets and sunrises here. DSLR and phone photographs aside, I have also been itching to paint these skies. While…