In Transition IX

Water color on arches paper artwork by Manish Sutaar

30 x 22

'In Transition' series portrays three figures suspended in the liminal space of travel—a ticket conductor mid-transaction with two passengers, their conversation hovering between formality and fleeting kinship. The painting meditates on the paradox of journeying: how we sit shoulder-to-shoulder with strangers, exchanging fragments of our lives while remaining essentially unknown to one another. The conductor—both official and transient—becomes a silent witness to these ephemeral connections, where shared humanity briefly eclipses the anonymity of transit. In these charged intervals between destinations, we glimpse the profound intimacy of passing moments, and the unspoken solidarity of travelers moving through life together, yet alone.