Having studied Mughal miniature painting at the National College of Arts, Lahore, Nusra Qureshi draws on a diversity of South Asian visual traditions to examine the power structures implicit in representations of gender. Conversations II and Afterthoughts are quiet contemplative self-portraits that see the artist seated in the intimate surrounds of a bedroom. The lack of perspectival depth and the absence of symbolic overlay suggest that the primary subject should be viewed as liberated from the confines of a traditional narrative, in which men are the primary subjects within the scenario of historical events. The female figures are drawn in quiet repose, in the delicate detail inherent to the miniature traditions of South Asia, with a sensuous attention to colour and composition.