Charlotte Baqai, known by her artistic name Karaya, is a London-based international artist whose practice emerged through transformative personal experiences. Since 2021, she has developed an intuitive approach to painting, using acrylic paint and inks applied exclusively with her hands. This direct engagement with material allows emotion, gesture, and physical movement to become integral elements of the creative process.

Karaya’s artistic practice is closely connected to her work as a Reiki Master and her interest in the relationship between creativity and healing energy. Her paintings explore the concept of energy transmutation, reflecting on processes of transformation in which darkness gives way to light, stagnancy becomes vibrancy, and shadows evolve into color.

Through expressive gesture and vivid color, Karaya translates these ideas into a visual language centered on renewal, movement, and emotional transformation. Her practice reflects a belief in the healing potential of creative expression, inviting viewers to engage with painting as a space for connection, reflection, and positive transformation.