Almost manic when he paints, Uday does not pursue the image in its figurative, narrative content. His images are mediated reality, yet retaining the humane, gestural qualities of the painted work. The question is not whether a work is abstract or representational, but how it engages an audience whose main source of information (not to mention entertainment) is the mass media. He takes fragments from images/sources, borrows images from contemporary dailies, even photographs he takes himself, distorts their contour and juxtaposes them in congested compositions. Painted in a impressive variety of techniques - staining, spraying, splashing, dripping and more traditional rendering, his works have the presence of graffiti covered walls.

In the current suite of paintings though, he has used images closer to home, up front and personal.