Gurminder Sikand obituary

My wife, Gurminder Sikand, who has died aged 61 of a cardiac arrest, was an artist whose work was characterised by images of strong women. This was true of her many self-portraits, her paintings influenced by Indian folk art, her watercolours of women hugging trees (inspired by the Chipko anti-deforestation movement), and latterly her drawings of muscular female figures whose physiques reflected Gurminder’s workouts at her city-centre gym in Nottingham.Born in Jamshedpur in India to Sohind