Arham says, "Our faces are the outer shell of our inner selves. Beneath the faces are our real selves. No matter how beautiful the outer face, it sometimes reflects unendurable inner burning and anguish. In this compilation of portraits I have used natural processes and materials. The surface is cotton fabric and I've brought in natural dyes."

One of the faces is done on a sky blue background. This contains sweeps of shoulder length hair and the right side of a woman's face.

A face reflecting surprise and awe is seen on a gray background. This face, done with two curling sweeps on a triangle form, reminds one of African masks and cave drawings. This is simple but haunting and in keeping with modern trends, like the rest of the batik images. Thus we see Arham progressing from his earlier pieces of detailed decorative work on clay and wood to something avant-garde and thought provoking.

A woman's features, complete with curling hair, rosebud mouth and large, gazing eyes are to be seen on an olive green backdrop. The face itself is a very pale shade of green, while the tresses too are a light shade of jade. A village woman, covering her mouth with the edge of her anchal,is seen in variations of gray, black and chalky white. Dominating another royal blue batik creation is the face of a woman, with her hair and body covered with a veil. Curls and sweeps of intermingling sweeps of gray and reddish brown, seen on a pale mauve backdrop, also suggest aspects of a face.

Arham is an artist as well as an interior decorator and landscape designer. He has written weekly columns on art and gardening.