Neerja Chandna Peters

The Self 29, Unfolding colour

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The Self 29
Mixed media on Fabriano 300 gsm acid free paper
230 x 121mm
2025
Unfolding colour-
Concertina book
Acrylic on Japanese indigo dyed washi book
12cm x 9cm page size
2025

I enjoy achieving a navigating harmony by play of colour and lines with their symmetrical synchronicity and rhythmic interaction, manipulating hues, creating subtle movement of the optics with their varying refrangibility.

The play of colours is central to my practice; it’s an element of my work that never ceases to excite me. There's always a surprise in how different colours interact on the canvas, and that sense of discovery keeps my process fresh and invigorating.

For me art is both a spiritual practice and a daily discipline. The act of making — deliberate, rhythmic, and immersive — becomes a form of inner stillness, a path to connection to one’s Self. And in this space, free of thought or intention, I experience a quiet joy — a kind of ananda. Realising the consciousness or Self and connecting with this light within becomes also then a path of connecting with the Source and the Universe.
The Self series of works celebrates this connection with the Self.

New Delhi based Neerja C Peters, is a physician who has been practising abstraction for fifteen years. She has found her distinctive voice in geometric abstraction where she explores play of colour and light and symbolism of form as a way of spiritual connection. Her work has been researched and cited in journals. She has had four solo exhibitions including one in the New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale in Australia, two in Portland Oregon, USA and in Bikaner House New Delhi. She has been awarded and selected in international biennales, exhibitions and projects with museums and her work is part of public and private collections including museum collections.