Anum Farooq is an autodidactic artist, and an alumna of Imperial College London. An internationally published artist, global educator and mentor, Anum is fond of the creative links between the Sciences and the Arts. Anum’s art relates to exploring, dreaming and discovering the world around us, educating ourselves with inner insights enlightened with natural perspectives, to enable a holistic art experience. The insight between nature, faith and humanity is a life-long discovery. Our perceptions of the natural world and our role within it, are interesting concepts to explore.

Such is the subject matter of nature in art that it allows depth of discovery. As a self-taught artist, I too have been touched by the miracle of nature and often have dared to feel the intensity of the wonders of the natural world. From an early age, I have been instinctively drawn to wilderness and have often without a second thought, embarked on exploring its vastness. Often painting intuitively, with a focus on human perspectives and insights guided by nature. My paintings portray an abstract form of nature, almost a distilled essence from a human viewpoint.

Furthermore, my interest in exploring the relationship between Science and Art stems from my background in Biochemistry, as well as utilizing pedagogical approaches in combining these disciplines via cross curricular links. I utilize the stages of observation and experimentation from the Scientific method, in my approach to Art, for instance I observe the natural world around us, whether that be the shape of a leaf, patterns in the waves and rocks, colours in the cloud formations to the shape and texture of the tree branches and so on. Then, I experiment with distilling these themes into the abstract paintings or I simply photograph the biology of life with links to human insights and emotions, as well as interfaith interlinks.

Website: https://anumfarooq.com/