The Jaisalmer Fort, Sonar Quila, riding the crest of its hill in clear evening light. The massive honey and gold sandstone fort fills the upper canvas, a packed silhouette of round bastions, watchtowers and tall carved havelis warmed by the low sun. The brown and rust hillside falls away below in dragged palette-knife strokes, scattered with small village houses, and a thin path winds up the foreground where three camel riders climb in dark silhouette. Behind, the sky runs from warm peach at the horizon to soft blue above. Sandhya Kaushik builds the fort in dense gold and sienna blocks and keeps the hill loose and earthy so the citadel reads as carved from the rock itself.

The grand fort against the cool sky gives a monumental, settled calm. It carries a large living-room wall, a study, or a wide space above a console.

• 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