Riya Bhartia

“We approach [our canvas] with intuition and intention; we trust the process,” she adds. This is one of the main takeaways. Bhartia ensures the art expresses the inner state of the mind. Once it is prepared, participants are guided to reflect on the arrangement and understand their feelings better. “The workshop is more about [inner] conversations, perspective shifts, and healing, which is what I experience with my artwork,” the artist explains.

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Bhartia calls herself a travelling artist with no one city as her home. She collects a range of botanicals from her travels for her art and workshops, including this one, where she will bring along pre-pressed buttercups, roses, gulmohars and leaves from Assam, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Boston, San Diego and New York. “Each person collects or approaches botanicals differently. These artworks are a reflection of their unique selves. So it’s fun to see the shape they take before we return to the method,” she notes.

Bhartia first held the floral art workshop in Kolkata last month

Since flowers take three to six weeks to lose moisture and dry, participants can take home the botanicals they forage and repeat the process that has been taught. “I call this floral collage a painting with flowers. It’s a curation of memories, feelings and nature in one little arrangement,” Bhartia signs off.
 
On: May 21; 7.30 am to 10 am
At: Method, Chapel Road, Bandra West
Log on to: @riyabhartia
Call: 9930086252
Cost: Rs 2,500 (all materials included)