A Painting from a Stranger

When a film I made about my ancestral home inspired a stranger’s painting,
it became a story about art coming full circle.

I worked closely with Sandesh Kadur to build a comprehensive showreel for
Felis Films, drawing from over fifteen years of documentary work.

Client

Self

A film I made about my grandmother and her ancestral home unexpectedly reached over 1.5 million people online.

Months later, I discovered that an artist from another part of the world had come across the video, captured a frame of the house, and turned it into a beautiful painting.

This film tells the story of that full-circle moment. I intercut the artist’s process with archival photographs of my family and the ancestral home, using match cuts to blur the line between memory and art.