Chicago Forests Meet Bangalore Myths in Soumya Netrabile’s Dreamscapes
Soumya Netrabile’s paintings swirl with color and movement, but they don’t aim to capture the world as it is. Instead, her canvases channel fleeting impressions—memories of Bangalore childhoods, American forests, and mythic tales once told to coax her through dinner. Her process is as spontaneous as her subjects: paint is applied with hands, rags, or found sticks, guided more by intuition than by plan.
Netrabile’s journey weaves together engineering studies, restless experimentation, and a return to the storytelling roots of her youth. After years spent balancing art with technical jobs, she embraced full-time painting, letting go of outside expectations and finding inspiration in daily walks through Chicago’s woods. These strolls seep into her work, where imagined flora twist and blend, evoking both the chaos and calm of nature observed in motion.
Today, her vibrant landscapes and scrolls invite viewers into a world where memory, myth, and the everyday blur—a reminder that art, like a forest path, rarely follows a straight line.
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