The Atelier
An artist from Govardhan, painting in Faridabad.
Born in the village of Krishna, trained in acrylic, working from a north-light studio in Faridabad. Sandhya paints to memory and to commission, one canvas at a time. The lineage is small. The list is small. The wait is six weeks.
सन्ध्या
Lineage
Govardhan, before it was a destination
Sandhya was born within walking distance of the parikrama path — the seven-kilometre circumambulation of Govardhan hill that pilgrims have done at first light for as long as the village has remembered.
The Faridabad studio
North-light, palette knives, one easel
The studio is a single room in Sector 21, Faridabad, on the second floor. North-light fills it for six hours a day. The easel is one.
— Sandhya, Faridabad
Materials & method
Four proofs the painting is real
Pigment
Ground vermilion from Sangli, kumkum-red. A small jar lasts six paintings.
Canvas
Belgian canvas, lead-free acrylic ground. Hand-stretched on kiln-dried pine in Faridabad.
Knife
Palette knife, impasto build, six layers. The brush is for signing.
Cure
Six weeks at the easel, drying north-light. The paint dries by physics; the wait is real.
Parikrama notes
On walking Govardhan at first light
— Sandhya, May 2026
The parikrama begins before light. Pilgrims set out with small brass kalashes of Yamuna water; the seven kilometres are walked barefoot.
Visit the studio
By appointment, weekday mornings
The Faridabad studio receives visitors by appointment, weekday mornings only. The easel is in use; we ask that visits be brief. WhatsApp first; we will confirm a day and a time.
Request a studio visit- Address
- Sector 21, Faridabad, Haryana
- Hours
- Mon–Sat · 10 am – 1 pm
- Closed
- Sundays, all monsoon Tuesdays
- Visits
- By appointment only · WhatsApp first
- +918279982113
Write to Sandhya. She replies herself.
Mon to Sat, before the afternoon light goes.
WhatsApp SandhyaOr write — studio@artbysandhya.com