Bespoke commissions
A painting only yours.
A Govardhan as you remember it; a Varanasi where your grandfather lived; a Char Dham that took you somewhere. The studio paints to memory as readily as to catalogue.
How a commission begins
Four conversations, fourteen Tuesdays
Conversation
A WhatsApp or a call. We learn the wall, the light, the dimension, and what the painting is for. Free; no obligation.
Composition sketch
A hand-drawn sketch in two weeks. Yours to approve, redirect, or set aside. Half-deposit confirmed at this stage.
Tuesdays at the easel
Six to eight weeks of hand-painted original on canvas, six layers, palette knife. A photograph by WhatsApp every Tuesday at five.
Delivery + Certificate
White-glove India, rolled tube international, balance settled on dispatch. Certificate of Authenticity hand-signed.
What the studio paints to commission
Four ways a painting begins
From the catalogue
An existing composition, at your size
The simplest path. Pick a composition from the 144, choose dimensions to fit your wall.
Browse the catalogueFrom a memory
A place you have walked
Describe it in a WhatsApp note. A village your grandmother spoke of, a ghat you visited at dawn.
Tell the studioFrom a photograph
Your own image, painted in acrylic
Share a photograph you took. Sandhya paints from your reference, in her own hand. Not a copy, an interpretation.
Share an imageFor a wall
Painted to fit, exactly
Share the wall's width, height, and light. The studio designs a composition that earns the space.
Describe the wallPast commissions
Three paintings that began as conversations
Bengaluru · Indiranagar
Govardhan at first light, for a niece's wedding
The customer asked for the parikrama at first light, in vermilion. 48 × 36 in, floater gold frame.
— 48 × 36 in · 8 weeks · gold floater
Delhi · Vasant Vihar
Dashashwamedh, as her grandfather knew it
Worked from a black-and-white photograph and stories. 30 × 40 in, stretched on Belgian canvas.
— 30 × 40 in · 6 weeks · stretched
Mumbai · Bandra
Jaisalmer fort wall, painted to a stairwell
60 × 36 in panoramic, white floater frame, hand-finished gold leaf.
— 60 × 36 in · 9 weeks · white floater
Expectations
What to expect from a commission
We are honest about lead-time, materials, and what makes a painting Sandhya's.
Read the full FAQ- Lead time
- 6–8 weeks standard · 8–10 weeks XL (over 48 in) · 2 weeks for sketch
- Starting size
- From 24 × 30 in · ₹42,000 standard composition
- Pricing
- By square inch · finish (+15% floater, +20% gold) · 5% GST inclusive
- Deposit
- 50% confirmed after sketch approval · balance on dispatch
- Revisions
- Two sketch revisions included · further revisions priced separately
- Updates
- A photograph by WhatsApp every Tuesday at five
- Returns
- Commissioned work is not returnable. The sketch step exists for that reason.
- Authenticity
- Hand-signed Certificate, numbered, with Sandhya's seal
Ready to begin
A conversation is the first painting.
Tell the studio the wall, the place, or the photograph. Sandhya replies herself, before the afternoon light goes.
Write to Sandhya. She replies herself.
Mon to Sat, before the afternoon light goes.
WhatsApp SandhyaOr write — studio@artbysandhya.com