ART OF MEDICINE
"Waterloo"
Oil on canvas, 40 inches by 40 inches
By Prachie Narain
Prachie Narain, a second-year medical student, has been doing art "for as long as I can remember."
Her father, a surgeon, also paints and taught her about color, composition, and
technique. This work was inspired by streetlights, windows, and rain. Water is one of her favorite
subjects; she is drawn to "its strength, its purity, its calm, its torment, and particularly
its reflections and distortions." Narain majored in comparative literature at Princeton and has
lived in India, Nepal, England, and the United States. This "has made me very aware of the
deep yet subtle similarities and differences between people and cultures. . . . My approach to
the canvas, a blending of abstraction, impressionism, and surrealism, allows me to play with
both color and culture." Though medical school leaves her less time for art, she still is "always
noticing and analyzing small details around me." See for a multimedia with Narain and more of her work.
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