BALA IS OF INDIAN ORIGIN. SHE WAS BORN IN KAMPALA AND WAS BOUGHT UP IN NAIROBI IN EAST AFRICA. SHE HAS BEEN PAINTING SINCE 1978 AND IS AN UPCOMING NEW ZEALAND ARTIST. SHE TOOK AN EARLY RETIREMENT AT THE END OF 1999 FROM HER BUSY SPECIALIST MEDICAL PRACTICE IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY TO PAINT FULL TIME.

CHRISTCHURCH HAS BEEN HER HOME SINCE 1974 AND SHE IS WELL KNOWN IN THIS CITY FOR HER MEDICAL WORK AND ALSO AS AN ARTIST. SINCE 1990 BALA HAS BEEN SELLING HER WORK IN NEW ZEALAND, EUROPE, ENGLAND THE STATES AND AUSTRALIA.

BALA HAS PAINTED IN A VARIETY OF MEDIUMS BUT IS VERY EXCITED WITH HER RESULTS IN WATERCOLOURS AND LOVES THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE MEDIUM. MORE RECENTLY SHE HAS STARTED AGAIN WORKING WITH ACRYLICS AND ENJOYS THE FREEDOM OF WORKING WITH TWO MEDIUMS.

BALA HAS TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY IN EUROPE AND HER FAVOURITE PLACE FOR PAINTING IN EUROPE ARE THE NORTHERN ITALY AND FRANCE.

BALA PAINTS IN THE TRADITIONAL IMPRESSIONIST STYLE. SHE DOES NOT HAVE ANY SERIOUS MESSAGE FOR THE VIEWER. SHE SIMPLY WISHES TO SHARE THE EXCITMENT SHE EXPERIENCES WHEN SHE VISITS EUROPE AND SEES THE BEAUTIFUL LIGHT, THE DEEP MAGICAL SHADOWS, THE COLOURFUL SHUTTERS AND THE AWNINGS, THE NARROW COBBLESTONE LANES, THE LOVELY OLD STREET LAMPS AND THE BEAUTIFUL TEXTURED AND WEATHERED WALLS OF THE ANCIENT BUILDINGS.

BALA HAS BEEN AN ART TUTOR FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.