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Dhairya Nagpal

Product & design leader, UN Foundation Fellow, HCI researcher, artist, and public speaker.

Delhi, India

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A large marine mammal rising through deep blue water, painted in acrylic with pale flecks of light suspended around it.

Acrylic

A koala drawn in grey watercolour wash and ink on a loose sheet of sketchbook paper, arms folded across its chest.

Watercolour

Bare winter trees along a frozen stream, drawn in colour pencil across a sketchbook spread.

Colour Pencil

A woman drawn in fine graphite, gold running from both eyes down her face and neck, gold wing-like forms at her temples and loose strands falling around her shoulders.

Ink & Gold

A canal town in Vietnam after dark, painted in acrylic: warm hanging lanterns above a narrow street, their light broken and repeated across black water.

Lantern Hours—

Acrylic

A mountain river running over pale boulders between tall pines, snow-capped peaks behind, built in thick palette knife strokes of green, slate and cold blue.

Knife

The Sri Lankan sea painted in acrylic: a long turquoise swell breaking into white foam, a band of green gold light along the horizon.

The First Teacher—

Acrylic

Red rock buttes rising from desert scrub under a wide bank of grey and cream cloud, laid in with a palette knife in ochre, rust and dust.

Knife

An arched Indian gateway seen down a busy market street, crowds under coloured umbrellas and a cycle rickshaw in the foreground, knifed in ochre, rust and warm shadow.

The Gate at Mid Morning—

Knife

A clay relief of a lit wooden cabin among dark pines in deep snow under a blue night sky, the whole scene modelled in raised clay so it stands off the board.

Clay

Two fried eggs in a black cast iron pan, drawn in soft pastel with a loose halo of scraped colour around the rim of the pan.

Two Eggs, Sunday—

Pastel

A circular canvas painted in warm rust and near black: beams of stage light breaking over the silhouetted heads of a crowd seen from within it.

Inside the Sound—

Acrylic

Three classical female figures embracing, drawn in loose ink line and grey wash, haloed by a warm gold cloud with dark splatter on textured cream paper.

The Three Graces, After—

Ink & Gold

Two pairs of hands interlocked mid-grip, rendered in charcoal and ink over a grey smoke wash, with gold paint dripping downward from the point where the hands meet.

Ink & Gold

A woman with long flowing curls, head tilted back and eyes closed, drawn in layered scribbled line against a dark ink cloud scattered with gold flecks.

Reverie in Grey & Gold—

Ink & Gold

A greyscale portrait of a woman's upturned face, freckled with paint specks, with bright gold leaf streaming from both eyes like tears.

Gilded Tears—

Ink & Gold

A frontal portrait where two koi fish swim across the closed eyes, golden reeds flowing out of dark curled hair, over freckle-like specks and contour scribbles.

Where the Koi Swim—

Ink & Gold

A portrait with multiplied eyes stacked down one side of the face, a web-like crack around the other eye, wearing a black turtleneck scattered with gold speckles.

Ink & Gold

A young man's face in grey wash with four eyes stacked vertically on one side, crowned by a full head of curly hair painted in solid metallic gold.

Ink & Gold

Five grey-washed hands crossing and intertwining over a large circle of metallic gold paint, like limbs knotted in front of a golden moon.

Ink & Gold

Acrylic painting made with a palette knife by Dhairya Nagpal.

Palette Knife Study2023

Acrylic · Knife

Mixed media artwork on canvas by Dhairya Nagpal.

Mixed Media No. 12022

Mixed Media

Mixed media artwork by Dhairya Nagpal.

Mixed Media No. 22022

Mixed Media

Mixed media artwork on paper by Dhairya Nagpal.

Mixed Media No. 32022

Mixed Media

Mixed media artwork by Dhairya Nagpal.

Mixed Media No. 42023

Mixed Media

Colour pencil drawing by Dhairya Nagpal.

Colour Pencil Study I2021

Colour Pencil

Colour pencil drawing by Dhairya Nagpal.

Colour Pencil Study II2021

Colour Pencil

Digital artwork by Dhairya Nagpal.

Digital Composition I2023

Digital

Digital artwork by Dhairya Nagpal.

Digital Composition II2023

Digital

Ink drawing by Dhairya Nagpal.

Ink

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