The Artist
Shalimar has been painting for nearly 20 years. Her bold impasto, layered texture, and signature pastelo technique came from trial, error, and relentless practice, with no formal training beyond one summer art class in Durham, NC.
She built her career quietly while in nursing school: coffee shop walls, tables outside grocery stores, anywhere someone might stop and look. It took a decade of showing up before her first exhibit. Fourteen years later, a collector shared that her first sold painting still hangs in a friend's home. Today it would cost eleven times more.
The Technique
She began with acrylics, moved to oils for their depth, and found her voice with the palette knife, applying paint straight from tube to canvas. Nearly 90% of her paintings are made this way.
She never forces creativity. Emotion has to move through the work freely, and after two decades, the knife has become an extension of her hand.
The Work
Storytelling is at the heart of every piece, whether personal, emotional, or universally human. In 2021, Reflections Under a Rainbow, a ten piece collection documenting her infertility journey, reached thousands of women around the world.
Collectors often describe a familiarity they can't quite place, as if the painting already belonged to them.
Bring One Home
Originals, signed and shipped free, with a certificate of authenticity.