Exhibiting April, 2024: Rashme Sawhney

Exhibit Title: Nature

Statement

Rashme is a lover of nature and in all her paintings she paints nature, and she hopes that through her eyes and what she presents she can inspire people to enjoy nature as much as she does.

Bio

Rashme’s pursuit of oil painting and journey through the arts hails primarily through self – education.  Her passion to learn, experiment, and grow has fueled her artistic evolution. To her, each canvas is a lesson, and every challenge is an opportunity to refine her craft.

After her retirement as an auditor from the Government Service, she moved to Florida with her husband. She lives steps away from the ocean, and she finds meaningful inspiration from the landscape and sea life. Many of her pieces reflect both color and brightness as she strives to create works that transport others to the serenity of the sea.

Additionally, Rashme and her husband love to travel, and she will often use photographs from her excursions as inspiration for her paintings.  As an emerging artist, she borders on both fine and abstract expressionism, often combining the two. She loves nature and her work will often include mountains, ocean, boats, underwater life, natural landscapes in oil and acrylic, although she has recently started experimenting with alcohol inks.

Every painting in her collection has given her profound joy and she hopes that, through her lens, others may also get a taste of the vivid essence of scenes that inspire her.

She is likewise inspired by the color, wildness and creativity of springtime and her work will often showcase vibrant blooms throughout the seasons. Rashme also exhibits a keen interest in portraying the dynamic energy of women.  Her interpretation goes beyond aesthetics, delving into the strength, grace and complexity that defines the multifaceted nature of womanhood.

Collection highlights are Florida gardening and on nutrition and career and vocational testing material for adults. Branch amenities include: multi-purpose room, conference room, branch seating for 130 visitors, group study room, tutoring room, banks of public use computers, an AWE literacy station, storytelling/program room and public art by Richard Heipp. It is a popular after-school destination for students and upwards of 100 students gravitate to the branch at the end of the school day.