DeSI ToDAY E XCLUSIVE
SNEHA SANSARE
painting vancouver on her canvas BY SURBHI GOGIA
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t is said that what’s meant to be yours will come to you. Sneha’s story of becoming an artist is an example of this wonderful life cycle. Her childhood dream of becoming an artist was lost due to life’s other priorities, but eventually the universe brought her closer to her dream once she landed in Canada. A science professional, she recently got an opportunity to talk about her journey as a selftaught artist at the Surrey Art Gallery during an illustrated talk. In this illustrated talk, she discussed her practice and experimentation 36
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with different forms and mediums. She also did a live painting demo on the occasion of Holi, the ancient Indian festival of Spring also known as the “Festival of Colours.” Born in India, Sneha was always passionate about art. She says she always used to express herself through art which included ceramics, glass painting, nib painting, paper quilling, henna design, rangoli designs, crocheting, zardozi designs, flowers making and many more. “I would immerse myself so much so that I even lost track of
time, escape from the real world, and never wanted to come back. I also had a dream to join an art school, but art wasn’t considered as a career few years back, hence I moved on with life.” After completing her master’s in science, she moved to Canada in 2017. Just as most of the immigrants encounter loneliness once they move to a new country, Sneha says she perceived that “sudden hollowness after leaving a large group of family and friends back in India.” But this hollowness brought www.desitoday.ca
