On this composition

A painting, before the light.

The great pillared corridor of the Ramanathaswamy Temple at Rameswaram, drawn in steep one-point perspective. Twin rows of carved granite columns recede toward a distant sunlit gopuram, yali brackets and lion-figures stacked along their length. A single figure stands far down the polished floor, where reflections pool in cool blues against the warm stone. Sandhya Kaushik builds the pillars in heavy palette-knife ridges of ochre, rust and umber, then lets the light at the corridor's end glow pale gold so the eye is pulled the full depth of the hall.

The long, receding perspective gives real depth to a narrow wall. It suits a hallway, a stairwell, or an entry where a corridor view opens up the space.

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

— Sandhya

From the Studio

Four proofs the painting is real

Pigment

Canvas

Knife

Cure