Inspired by a visit to Greece, Nataraj Sharma painted The Aegean referring the Aegean Sea that is located between Greece and Turkey. "Over the past few years, I've had a growing interest in looking at landscape. There is something so sad and beautiful about being at a height and looking down at a vast horizon, still just a small section of this earth. Being distanced and away from people, being able to see a larger pattern, perhaps some sort of meaning, without getting caught up in details. I've always wanted to paint an enormous view of the earth, broken up into units not just for practical purposes, but also to make this vastness more comprehensible." (Nataraj Sharma in conversation with Peter Nagy, exhibition catalogue, iCON/India Contemporary, at the Venice Biennale 2005; Bose Pacia, New York, 2005 p. 59)