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JIM WILKES/TORONTO STARWhen Meena Chopra gazes at sunsets from the window of her Mississauga home, she's transported back to her childhood in northern India.
For the internationally acclaimed poet and artist, it's inspiration that has filled countless pages and canvases with colourful words and images.
“It was strange when I came to Canada in 2004, I started getting connected to my childhood,” said Chopra, 53. “Canada is so beautiful, such wide spaces, such out-of-the-world sunsets.
“It touched my creative spirit,” she said. “It's the same sun, the same beauty that nature gives to all of us.
Setting sun inspires Mississauga poet and artist
August 09, 2010
Jim Wilkes
August 09, 2010
Jim Wilkes
Mississauga poet and artist Meena Chopra writes in three languages -- English, Hindi and Urdu. She says the sunsets she sees from the windows of her Mississauga home remind her of her childhood in northern India. Her abstract painting Fireball is in background.
JIM WILKES/TORONTO STAR
For the internationally acclaimed poet and artist, it's inspiration that has filled countless pages and canvases with colourful words and images.
“It was strange when I came to Canada in 2004, I started getting connected to my childhood,” said Chopra, 53. “Canada is so beautiful, such wide spaces, such out-of-the-world sunsets.
“It touched my creative spirit,” she said. “It's the same sun, the same beauty that nature gives to all of us.
