My recent works are mostly watercolor landscapes painted en plein air. Here is a selection of those, followed by other paintings (of subjects ranging from microbes to deities), murals (one for now, more soon), and mixed media graphics.
John Muir Wilderness, CA.
John Muir Wilderness, CA.
Stratigraphy in the Murky formation, Et-then Island, NWT.
“Westward Longshore Sediment Transport”, a series of watercolor studies based on Little Ambergris Cay, TCI field site.
San Francisco, CA.
San Gabriel Mountains, CA.
San Gabriel Mountains, CA.
Southern California coast.
Point Reyes, CA.
Ashland, OR.
Mt. Shasta, CA.
Calama, Chile.
Cyanobacteria & algae.
California garden flowers.
Durga.
Ganapati mural on my grandmother’s house in India.
Cover graphic for an article on renaming Caltech buildings that commemorate eugenicists, created for Caltech Letters.
Cover graphic for an article on artificial photosynthesis, created for Caltech Letters.
“What makes us”, illustration of methylated DNA, created to accompany a poem about intergenerational trauma by Casey Andrews .
21 watercolor suns painted on the eve of my PhD thesis deadline.
Dr. Usha Farey Lingappa 