Meet the artist
Prachi is the artist behind Prints by StudioP.
She trained in advertising and communication design at Sir JJ Institute of Applied Art in Mumbai, and has worked as a graphic designer, interface designer, calligrapher, fine artist and art educator. Alongside that work she kept painting in oil, acrylic, ink and watercolour, practising Indian and East Asian brush calligraphy and Indian folk art, and teaching workshops in all of them.
Her influences run from Indian folk art, old temple and palace architecture and sculpture, to Chinese and Japanese ink painting, the modern masters of Western art, and the clarity of advertising design and typography. What draws her is the meeting point: an old motif, a brushstroke or a temple pattern, reworked into something that feels at home in a contemporary room.
For Prachi, the selection is the work. Before a piece joins the collection she checks its layout and balance, its palette, its rhythm and movement. It has to create harmony, not chaos, and it has to look intended in a real room. Nothing may resemble another piece in the shop, or what is already everywhere in the market. If she has even the slightest doubt, it doesn't go in.
Her three words for the studio's eye: intentional, grounded, eye-catching.
Prachi is based in the American Midwest. She also paints by hand. Her hand-painted originals will be offered here when they are ready.
In her words
I make art for rooms people actually live in. A piece has to look intended where it hangs. It should tie the colours of the room together, add character, and still feel fresh after years on the same wall. I work across folk-inspired motifs, ink-brush and calligraphic marks, abstracts and botanicals, held together by careful colour and balanced composition. Each studio print starts with research and my own sketches, is developed with generative tools, and is then reworked digitally until it holds together. No two pieces in my collection are meant to look alike. If I have even the slightest doubt about one, it doesn't go in the shop.
Prachi's picks
Ink Brush Flow
minimal, with a wabi-sabi feel, full of movement and energy, and a generous use of negative space. "The simpler a piece is, the harder it is to create."
The Arctic Ridge
an all-cool palette with dynamic movement and gentle tonal shifts. Complex, yet simple.
Rusted Layered Bloom
complex but never chaotic. A warm palette and a modern take on a vintage floral, with a hint of folk art.