TRISHA LAMBI
The Need for Beauty: Figures in Bloom
The Untamed & The Riot – Volume II
Artist Statement
In a world obsessed with what can be measured, used, or sold, this exhibition stands as a rebellion against the purely functional. By seamlessly intertwining the human form with the sensual, fluid rhythm of flowers, this collection serves as a visual sanctuary. It proves that beauty is the oxygen our souls need to withstand the weight of modern life.
Artist Bio
Siren’s Song
Oil on linen | 76.5 × 61 cm | 2025
I am often inspired by Greek mythology and in this piece I see the beautiful woman as a siren: a figure whose beauty and voice lure sailors to their doom. Yet in this interpretation, the danger lies not in malice, but in the irresistible pull of beauty and complexity. The siren is no longer just a myth but a metaphor for every moment we are drawn to something beyond our control.
Letting Go
Oil on linen | 75 × 75 cm | 2023
This piece was created during the time when my daughter left home to work overseas for a few years. Painting became the vessel through which I processed the acute grief of letting go. The central figure of my daughter falling captures the vulnerability, fear, and loss of control that accompanies a child launching into the unknown. As hydrangeas symbolize deep, heartfelt emotion and also adapt their colours to the soil they are planted in, the image holds both the weight of my grief and the quiet hope that she will find her footing in new earth. This work is a visual archive of love, distance, and the painful beauty of release.
The Poppies Dance
Oil on linen | 76.5 × 76.5 cm | 2025
This painting explores how beauty shows up in nature, in the body, and in the space between the two. I’ve always been drawn to the way flowers and figures can echo each other: soft, layered, vulnerable, but also powerful.
The poppies in this piece feel alive and present, not just as decoration but as part of the figure’s story. They both reveal and conceal, creating a balance between intimacy and mystery. Through this work, I seek to evoke a sense of reverence for the sensual and the ephemeral. It is a meditation on softness as strength, on beauty that is both bold and quiet, fleeting and timeless.
Wild and Untamed
Oil on linen | 102 × 76 cm | 2025
Wild and Untamed is a celebration of beauty that refuses to behave. The figure owns her space and is unapologetic, a little reckless, and completely alive and at ease in the chaotic beauty surrounding her. The flowers rise and fold like waves of energy, echoing her wildness rather than containing it. This painting pushes against the polished ideal of beauty and celebrates something far more real: a beauty which is fierce, flawed, and gloriously untamed.
It’s A Riot
Oil on linen | 120 × 90 cm | 2026
It’s A Riot was so much fun to paint. The relative composure of the figure – adorned with her own interpretation of beauty – is contrasted by the overwhelmingly chaotic storm of flowers pressing around her. The painting is loud and alive and turns beauty into something that can’t be contained and nor would I want it to be.
Legs in Bloom
Oil on linen | 101.6 × 101.6 cm | 2026
By intertwining the human form with the sensual, fluid rhythm of flowers, this piece explores the importance of beauty in this increasingly fractured world we find ourselves in. The swirls and whirls of the petals combined with the boldly sensual contours of the body transported me into a sanctuary of sorts and I’d like to share that feeling as a vital act of shared self-preservation.
