New Delhi, May 27 -- Rising early is a habit that comes naturally to Delhi-based artist Paresh Maity. So then it isn't a surprise to see and feel the joyous orange and yellow hues of sunrise from his palette adorn the otherwise banal walls of a transit area, in the artwork Jagriti (Awakening). This is not one but six huge panels that took birth in the artist's studio and are now displayed, to encapsulate the rich heritage of Uttar Pradesh (UP), at the soon to be operational Noida International Airport.

The oil acrylics on canvas exude warmth to the commuters and induce intrigue in the mind of onlookers to know more about their creation. Maity shares, "Around two years back when the concerned authorities asked me to visit them to give a d...