A carved cedar houseboat with its lamps just lit, and the lake going navy around it. The fretwork along the verandah is picked out in warm ochre against the cooling water, and the reflection runs down the canvas in broken vertical strokes that never quite resolve. Sandhya Kaushik keeps the darks warm — plum and umber rather than black — so the lamplight has something to sit against.

A low-key, evening piece. It suits a room lit by lamps rather than daylight, and hangs well above a sideboard or a bed. This is one of four paintings Sandhya made of this subject — the light, the weather and the arrangement of the elements differ in each, and no two are the same picture.

• Original hand-painted acrylic on stretched canvas
• Palette-knife impasto
• 4:3 landscape
• Made to order at your chosen size
• Frame: stretched canvas, or floater (black/white/gold)
• Signed by Sandhya Kaushik
• Certificate of Authenticity