Menka Desai-Crawford

Painter & beading artist

Menka Desai-Crawford

Online at

Website & shop
msmonocles.com
Instagram (art)
@msmonocles

In full color

Menka is an architect turned artist from Mumbai,now living in Portland, OR. Her work explores vibrancy and natural forms through a variety of mediums such as Gouache, Watercolors, Resin, and surfaces like handmade papers, synthetic sheets, threads, beads, and wood.

Editions created with Menka

Danza del Cielo

Danza del Cielo

Edition #50 Notes Designed with Menka Desai-Crawford, an architect turned artist who paints designs in brilliant colors onto paper, and often adorns the artwork with embroidery, beads, and other dimensional objects. Menka painted two images of adorable toucans, that will eventually become a part of a larger mosaic that works as either individual pieces or one...


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