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Sheltering At Home



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From the Artist: Through gardening, poetry and painting, I not only express my feelings but I also work through my worries and anything that troubles me. Therapy through creativity if you will. The pandemic brought up a great many emotions and I found myself very productive. Working in the garden, painting and writing poetry sustained me beyond measure.Home has always represented comfort and safety. Under the Shelter At Home orders, while home provided protection from a formidable, unknown virus, there was also a deep sense of separation and fear. The world outside appeared scary. The familiar neighborhood emerged strange in its emptiness. The atmosphere was foreboding.In this painting, I aimed to quickly capture that mood. The houses have their lights on and one imagines families going about the business of meals, work and conversation. Outside, the sky looms with dark clouds – uncertain weather. Devoid of signs of life, there is also a sense of loneliness or loss.
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Shobha Vanchiswar Mukta

Shobha Vanchiswar is an award-winning artist, poet, author, garden blogger, and prize-winning garden designer. She was born in 1950 in Chappaqua, United States. Shobha is well-known in gardening circles and has a garden that is open to the public once a year through the Open Days Program of the Garden Conservancy. She is also a humanitarian and has spoken at the Chappaqua Library about her life-changing experience. Shobha is the embodiment of altruism and is always ready to help those in need. She is also a consummate volunteer, often seen sorting items for the book sale at the Chappaqua Library or marshaling troops to help those in need. Shobha expresses her feelings through gardening, poetry, and painting, and she uses her talents to help children halfway around the world. She is also a writer and artist in New York, leveraging her talents to help children in India through the Mukta Jivan orphanage.

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