Kumbhalgarh Fort in the Aravalli hills of Rajasthan, seen along its famous serpentine wall. The fortification winds for miles over the rolling tan-and-ochre ridges, broad enough to walk, climbing toward the domed Badal Mahal palace on the highest crest. Tiny figures trace the wall as it dips and rises, and blue-grey hills recede into haze on the right. Sandhya Kaushik builds the hillsides in thick palette-knife strokes of tan, rust and olive, the wall in pale ochre ribbons, and lays an apricot-cream sky flat above the ridgeline.

The endless curving wall gives the piece a strong sense of journey and scale. It reads well over a long sofa, a sideboard, or a stair wall where the eye can follow the climb.

• 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