Lookbook · Volume one

Six places, three homes, one studio.

An editorial of the work in the world. Photographed in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and on the parikrama path itself. Painted in Faridabad.

Hero room mockup with painting hung

Chapter I

First light, before the parikrama

— Photographed near Govardhan, 4:42 am

Govardhan at first light. The hill is small; the walk is large.
Dashashwamedh, the first lamps before sunrise.

Vermilion is the colour I want; ochre is the colour I get.

— Sandhya, on the easel for Govardhan at First Light

Chapter II

The parikrama, walked at dawn

— Photographed barefoot, May 2026

The path, before the seven kilometres begin.
The road to Badrinath, the blue gate before the rains.
Jaisalmer, where the fort is one colour for one hour.

Chapter III

Three Indian homes, three lights

— Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru · 2026

Delhi · Vasant Vihar

Varanasi over the jaali console

The painting is the first thing one sees on entering. The vermilion meets the jaali shadow at the same hour every afternoon.

Mumbai · Bandra

Amber, on the stair-light wall

A wall the family had been waiting to fill for nine years. The painting is the size of the wall, exactly.

Bengaluru · Indiranagar

Govardhan above a low Indian sideboard

The customer asked for the parikrama at first light. The painting was begun once the order came in, and signed at the easel.

Chapter IV

At the easel

— from the studio

Mid-stroke, the knife loaded with vermilion. Six layers; this is layer three.
The bench, where the colours wait between layers.
Canvas stretched to the size you ordered.
One easel, one painting at a time.
Govardhan — the Parikrama Path at first light, hand-painted original on canvas.

A note — from the studio

On photographing what is hand-painted

The photographs in this lookbook are of the paintings, not of the people who own them.

See the compositions in the catalogue

Write to the studio.

Mon to Sat, before the afternoon light goes.

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Or write — hello@artbysandhya.com