I did not work on this (painting) for at least three years and then I decided to get back to this painting for no particular reason. My older daughter was born then and was a toddler when I started to finish the painting. The painting is symbolic like many of my paintings and uses certain indigenous metaphors peculiar to South Asia/North India and Pakistan. It also has a decorative element to it and takes inspiration from Indo-Persian Miniature Painting schools.

Fatima Zahra Hassan was born in Sahiwal in Punjab, Pakistan. She pursued her education in the arts in Lahore and later the United Kingdom where she lives and works. Her training in the Indian, Mughal and Persian traditional art forms have informed her works. She has been a part of events such as Taking Liberties, Merton Art Festival, London (2018), Revisiting Beauty, Threshold Gallery, New Delhi, India (2016) and The Overwhelming Imagination: The Junction of Interactivity, Art Konsult Gallery, New Delhi, India (2016).

She currently lives and works in London, U.K.