It was time for me to begin my first oil painting. I was asked to think of any object that I liked. I had my thoughts bewildered since I could not think of anything. I started to connect the dots and figured out that what I like the most, which can also be rendered upon the canvas, was a fresh and tangy star fruit!

‘Citrus’ features one of my best-liked fruits of all in a very naturalistic sense. The element that gives an edge to this painting is the texture given to it replicating that of an actual star fruit. It’s one of my finest works in realism.