When one regards the works of the artist Gayatri Singh, one is reminded of the hues of the landscape of rural India. The beige, browns, ochres, and umbers fill the pictorial surface. Trees are a major component of Gayatri’s works. The artist chooses to focus the calming and all encompassing essence of a selfless shade-giving tree (Vata Vriksha), which is a metaphor for the element of earth, ever growing, ever grounded, and nurturing. In some of the w ...