Holmdel, NJ
About Toral Patel:
Toral was born in Queens, NY, and her love of all things art stems from her childhood there in the 70’s and 80’s. As a young girl, she found this dynamic, colorful era inspiring and energizing. Art was all around visually, from graffiti on buildings and subways of New York to the panoramic scenes at Flushing Meadows Park. Her inspiration these days comes from her travels abroad as well as her home state of New Jersey with its lovely shoreline and varied landscape.
Her earliest memories are ones of her engineer/architect father often times bringing design work home. He would create beautiful buildings and structures while ensuring their detailed accuracy and she would sit alongside him with her colorful supplies trying to emulate him. He worked with a delicate balance between creativity grounded by practicality. It is this process and balance that she tries to carry into her art today. As an adult, a successful career as a pharmacist has also led her to utilize both sides of her brain which in turn helps balance the chaotic, vibrant world of abstract with an analytical and perceptive method. In the end, she hopes neither side overpowers the other in her artwork leaving enough room for its viewer to arrive at the vertex of familiarity and abstractionism.
