Mohini’s World of Art

Mohini has lived in the presence of art all her life. Her mother, Renée Chatlani, was a prolific and gifted artist whose eclectic portfolio spanned more than seven decades — from early drawings of the 1950s to oil paintings, portraiture, landscapes, charcoal abstracts, watercolours, and master copies of Renoir, Tissot, and other great painters. Renée’s extraordinary range and emotional depth form the foundation of Mohini’s artistic lineage.

Early Creative Path

Mohini began painting in her early twenties, but her creative path unfolded through multiple disciplines — singing, yoga, contemplative practice — before returning fully to painting in 2017. Art became a profound vehicle for inner exploration, stillness, and healing, especially after the passing of her beloved mother in 2021. What began as a way to process grief evolved into a dedicated, serious contemporary practice.

Artistic Practice

Painting for Mohini is a form of meditation — a way of listening inwardly, allowing silence, intuition, and emotional resonance to guide each piece. Her works often transform during the pauses between sittings, revealing new layers, symbols, and spiritual messages. She paints primarily in oils, using brush, palette knife, and her fingers to create an organic, spontaneous flow.

Her style is eclectic and evolving, encompassing figurative abstraction, portraiture, and pure abstract work. She draws inspiration from Impressionist and Post‑Impressionist movements, the old masters, and contemporary artists. She has studied with international artist and teacher Angelika Privalakhina, including plein‑air painting in Tuscany, and hopes to continue studying with her in Normandy and St. Petersburg.

Lineage and Influence

Mohini’s greatest teacher, however, is her mother. Through studying Renée’s vast body of work — her techniques, her compositions, her emotional truth — Mohini feels her mother’s presence guiding her from within. This generational dialogue forms the heart of her practice.

Her work is also shaped by her Armenian/Egyptian–Indian heritage, drawing on Fayum portrait traditions, Nile landscapes, and the mythic symbolism of Shiva and Shakti. These cultural and spiritual lineages weave through her contemporary pieces, creating a bridge between past and present, memory and awakening.

Purpose and Dedication

Beyond painting, Mohini is devoted to helping others realise their potential, encouraging wellbeing, and inspiring creativity. She is lovingly curating her mother’s prolific archive, offering Renée’s artwork to the wider world with reverence and joy.

Personal Inspirations

Mohini loves painting, music, gardening, silence, prayer, helping others, languages, nature, travel, cooking, animals, and elders — all of which nourish her creative life.