Cause - Effect. Observation - Response. These precepts are key to my work. My interest lies in how materials and processes tell a story of self-rooted in place, serving as sensory portraits of the inhibited and the bygone. Mediums such as organic and inorganic earth pigments, muslin, raw hand woven cotton, etc. activate physical and non-physical connections with my surroundings and portray a constantly evolving relationship with the world. Process in the works is the message. Often a medium is selected, intimately prepared and rendered. As it travels through the composition, it informs of its place and role through the relationships that it builds. Therefore, an unhurried sense of time is essential in the process. Influence of indigenous practices, particularly prehistoric cave paintings and related schools that I have been visiting for the past many years, play an important role in carving my process and ideology. - Gunjan Chawla Kumar 2024