A living archive

UrmiDoshi

Paint · Space · Word

The Gathering — Madonna in deep green surrounded by children and an attendant.

The Butter Thief — baby Krishna with a peacock feather and spilled butter.

The Road Beside the Pond — a rural landscape with horses, water, and a white cottage.

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01 / A creative life

Paint.
Space.
Word.

One creative life, moving through paint, space, and word.

Urmi began as an artist and interior designer in Kolkata, where she built her own design practice. After moving to the United States, she rebuilt her life in healthcare without letting go of the creative work that had always sustained her.

This archive preserves what remained in motion: the worlds she painted, the spaces she imagined, and the words still being gathered.

Room I

Paint

16 works / a painted scroll

Paint captures
the world.

Scroll to move through the collection

From pigment
to line.

The next room begins where the brushstroke narrows.

Imagined architectural landscape of pagodas, bridges, gardens, and mountains.

Between paint and space

A painted city becomes
a measured line.

02 / The drafting room

Space

Interior design concept work, imagined by hand.
Kolkata, 1990–1993.

01

Geometry
& perspective

Technical two-point perspective construction with colored guide lines and a small stepped geometric form. — Geometry / PerspectiveStepped Form I1990

Perspective projection exercise with green guide lines, two vanishing points, and a red rectangular volume. — Geometry / PerspectiveVolume Study1990

Side-by-side perspective construction diagrams of rectangular boxes using colored vanishing and projection lines. — Geometry / PerspectivePaired Studies1990

02

Plans
& organization

Hand-drawn plans for a fast-food center and restaurant showing seating, counters, rooms, and a central spiral staircase. — Plans / Spatial OrganizationFast-Food Centre & Restaurant1990

Colored house plan showing living and dining rooms, kitchen, bedrooms, puja room, verandah, and garage. — Plans / Spatial OrganizationFamily Residence1991

Presentation sheet containing a dimensioned office furniture layout and proposed false-ceiling and lighting plan. — Plans / Spatial OrganizationOffice Layout & Lighting1992

Sheet with a rust and yellow pattern, a green scenic textile design, and a monochrome portrait of a woman. — Material / Graphic StudyPattern & Portrait Studies1992

Pattern, portrait, and textile studies reveal a practice that never observed strict borders.

03

Sections
& elevations

Restaurant and fast-food center section with counters and seating beside a two-story decorative front elevation. — Sections / ElevationsRestaurant Section & Elevation1991

Two colored residential section drawings above a front elevation with roof, balcony, garage, and tree. — Sections / ElevationsResidence Sections & Elevation1993

04

Fully imagined
rooms

01

Office perspective with long work counter, blue chairs, overhead cabinets, paneled walls, tiled floor, and geometric ceiling. — Imagined RoomsProposed Office Interior1992

02

Detailed garment shop perspective with customers, racks, wall displays, a service counter, and checkerboard floor. — Imagined RoomsGarment Shop1991

03

Detailed drawing room perspective with sofas, display cabinets, artwork, lamps, rug, tables, and a standing figure. — Imagined RoomsDrawing Room1992

Room III / Word

The words are
still being gathered.

An evolving archive of poems, books, stories, and works for children.