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Her 'Jeans Series' is a classic example of what we are trying to say, for in this, she has painted at least fifty types of jeans that depict emotions such as fatigue and happiness, along with routine activities, from dancing and getting ready for work to loving music. All of this, of course, without the crutch of showing a human figure in the painting. "Jeans are merely the element through which I tried to depict my mood and disposition. I wanted to do something different, for everybody uses human figures to portray their opinions. Therefore, I use the elements that are often associated with a person to depict his/her character, mood, thoughts and deeds. More over, human body is transient. It is only the things that are associated with us that remain and remind people of us even when we are gone," explains Grover, while adding in the same breath, "If I want to portray thoughts and actions through figures, then why paint? I might as well do that with a camera."
She also used elements such as jeans and chairs to depict the various phases of human life in her painting, exploring the unnoticed movements. "It shows a person's downfall, along with illustrating facets connected to one's age. If you notice, the jeans shown in the painting follows a downward spiral, which depicts the various phases of an individual's life: from infancy to youth, to middle age, old age and beyond," Grover beleives.
One of her paintings was even picked up by the eminent art director, Sameer Chandra. Encouraged Grover now plans to display her paintings at an art exhibition. "I would like to continue with my jeans series for the time being though--many more emotions need to be put in to make it all encompassing," she avers before signing off.


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