Arpita's canvases have become playgrounds for the lilies, which appear to be interacting with 'nature' in their own way. While you see leaves cuddling in a group, you also find branches romancing the flowers 'silently'. Whether it's midnight or rains or a foggy day, the flowers seem to express their moods accordingly. "Before starting the lily series, I spent a good time exploring nature and its beauty. It carries hardness and softness together. So, I feel that it is very much like our life itself -- full of happiness as well as sadness," said Arpita, a passout of Sheth C N Arts Colleges. In her paintings in acrylic, she uses the bamboo sticks and branches to symbolise rudeness, harshness in human life.

From nature to man living in harmony with nature -- the Warli tribe. Says Riddhi, "This is simplest tribe and yet so expressive. Though it is a two-dimensional art, but it expresses all their activities in simple, symbolic forms. Their life revolves around nature. The only thing is that I have tried to make it more colourful." Although Riddhi is an interior designer, she took to painting out of sheer passion. She was honoured with the Young Artist Award for best painting during her undergraduation and was also awarded the Jalaram Timber Trophy for Best Design by the Sophia Polytechnic, Mumbai.