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Home Is Blooming With Marigolds
May 2025
Mediums: Digital Illustration with Scanned Analog Elements
Roles: Illustrator, Concept Developer
This piece is inspired by a memory of my grandmother threading marigolds which she grew from our front yard into a garland. Marigolds hold deep cultural significance in India, used in festivals, rituals, and offerings. In this moment, she brings that tradition into our American home, carrying culture and care across continents through a simple, familiar gesture. The marigold at the bottom was drawn by hand and scanned into the digital illustration to connect personal memory with process. Beneath her hands is a close-up of her pet turtle’s shell symbolic of the sense of home she built around her.
Exhibitions:
- Home Is: Illustrating Objects of Memory II, Queens Hall, Queens College, New York, NY, 2025
This piece was exhibited as part of a group show exploring personal and cultural memory through illustrated objects, highlighting themes of home, identity, and belonging.
Publications:
- Home Is Blooming with Marigolds, Utopia Parkway, Spring 2025
Featured in the Spring 2025 issue of Utopia Parkway, this piece accompanied a written reflection.