Not one identity, but many layers of strength. She builds systems by day and dreams by colour.
Geethu Chandramohan is a contemporary mixed media portrait artist and aerospace systems engineer based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. At first glance, her life seems like two completely different worlds. One is built on precision, structure, and logic. The other is built on colour, emotion, and deep expression.
But for Geethu, both worlds belong together.
She works full-time in aerospace engineering while also building a global art practice called “Limitless Women” a body of work that celebrates the many identities women carry within themselves. Her story is not about choosing between paths. It is about building both, fully and honestly.
Challenges Faced
For years, Geethu lived with a quiet pressure that many people around her didn’t even need to say out loud. The world often expects a person to fit into one clear identity. Engineer or artist. Logical or creative. Structured or expressive.
She was both.
And that became confusing for others, and at times, even for herself.
People often saw her two passions as separate lives that could not exist together. There was an expectation that at some point she would have to “pick one.” This idea followed her through her studies, her career, and even her creative journey.
There were moments of doubt. Moments where she questioned if she was doing too much, or if she should simplify her life to make it easier for others to understand.
But there was also a turning point.
She realised something powerful: not choosing one identity was not confusion. It was truth.
She didn’t have to shrink herself to fit expectations.
Journey of Transformation
Once that shift happened, everything began to change.
Geethu stopped seeing her engineering and her art as separate. Instead, she began to see them as connected parts of the same mind.
Engineering gave her structure, discipline, and problem-solving skills. Art gave her freedom, intuition, and emotional expression. One strengthened the other.
This balance became the foundation of her creative work.
Her art practice, Limitless Women, was born from this understanding. Through layered acrylics, oils, spray paint, and textured mediums, she began building portraits that reflected complexity instead of simplicity.
Her process itself mirrors her life. Structured colour planes reflect her engineering mind. Loose, expressive marks reflect her emotional world. Together, they form something complete.
Most of her painted women have closed eyes. For Geethu, this represents presence. Not escape, but a deep connection within oneself.
She also built her creative career step by step, without formal art training. She experimented, learned, failed, and tried again. She shared her journey online, slowly building a global audience and community.
Alongside this, she also developed teaching programs for artists and became a Skillshare Top Teacher under her creative brand, helping others find their own voice in art and business.
Each step was built with patience and consistency, not shortcuts.
Success Achieved
Today, Geethu has grown a global following of over 65,000 people on Instagram, with collectors across the United Kingdom and internationally. Her original artworks, hand embellished prints, and fine art pieces are now part of private collections around the world.
But for her, success is not only about numbers or sales.
It is about meaning.
Her Limitless Women series has become a symbol for women who feel divided between identities. Mothers, professionals, creatives, thinkers, builders—women who have been told to choose just one version of themselves.
Her work tells them something different.
You do not need to choose. You are already whole.
Through her courses and teaching platforms, she now helps other artists build sustainable creative careers, especially those who feel lost at the beginning of their journey.
She often shares this thought:
“I used to think I had to choose between who I am. Now I know my strength came from keeping all of it.”
Her impact goes beyond art. It reaches into confidence, identity, and the permission to live fully.
Geethu’s message is simple but powerful:
Do not reduce yourself to make life easier for others to understand.
You can be many things at once. You can be structured and emotional. Logical and creative. A professional and a dreamer. A builder and an artist.
Everything you are can exist together.
Her work is a reminder that identity is not a box. It is a layered canvas.
And every layer matters.
Every woman has a story worth telling.
If this story speaks to you, take a moment to reflect on your own journey. The parts you hide, the parts you celebrate, and the parts you are still learning to accept.
Share your story with the Femest community and join the conversation on social media. Your experience might be the encouragement someone else needs today.
Because when women share their stories, they don’t just inspire. They connect, strengthen, and build something bigger together.
