Medha Karandikar

Medha Karandikar is a self-taught artist working in multiple media and styles. Her work has featured in several galleries in and around Knoxville, and for ten years at James-Ben Gallery and Art Center in Greeneville, TN.

Drawing is her strong suit, and the use of vivid colors is the hallmark of her paintings.

She brings to her work the colors and cultural influences of her home country, India. Some of her work is in a folk-art style from Western India which is a happy depiction of the daily life of simple folk. She has adapted that style to include contemporary subjects and colors.

Collage is a medium that Medha has explored extensively.

She says that her best work has always started with an absent-minded doodle.