As an Asian Indian immigrant woman living in Silicon Valley, I straddle two cultures and identities. I love my adopted community and country, and I have contributed to its growth economically and socially for the past thirty years. Only remnants of my past in another land remain. When doubts about my place and home arise, I find connections to the helpers in my community, tap into the spirituality of the land I left, and find joy in the natural wonders around me. Sanctuaries expresses the different worlds I turn to when I feel overwhelmed by the world’s suffering and pain.

Fabrics, weaving, and the designs that women produce and wear in India inspire me. Indian women wear the traditional Saree, and almost every Saree has a border. The border design is unique and integral, and it complements the designs in the body of the Saree. I have been using these borders as a design and metaphorical element in my art. In Sanctuaries, I used paint to depict borders and not the actual Saree borders.