Jodhpur, the Blue City, climbing toward Mehrangarh Fort in warm light. The huge sandstone fort sits along the brown crest of the ridge, its bastions and walls cut sheer against a golden sky. Below it the old city tumbles down the slope in a dense patchwork of houses, many washed in the city's signature indigo and cornflower blue, mixed with terracotta and ochre rooftops, water tanks and bright awnings. Coloured umbrellas mark a rooftop or two, and tiny figures move in a lane at the foot of the frame. Sandhya Kaushik works the rooftops in quick palette-knife blocks of blue, brick and cream, the fort in solid ochre and brown, so the blue houses read as cool jewels under the warm citadel.

The blue-on-gold contrast gives it real depth and energy. It holds a large living-room wall, a stairwell, or a study that can take a busy, layered view.

• 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