The Somnath Temple on the Gujarat coast, the first of the twelve Jyotirlingas, set hard against the Arabian Sea. The honey-and-ochre shikhara and its flag rise from a rocky headland, the temple's halls stepping down toward the water on the right. Waves break in white and slate over dark foreground boulders, and a warm grey-peach sky meets a cool sea horizon. Sandhya Kaushik builds the temple stone in warm palette-knife ridges of sandstone and amber, then works the surf and rocks in cold pewter, teal and white so the shrine stands bright above the sea.

The meeting of warm stone and cold sea gives the piece an open, coastal calm. The upright view suits an entry, a stairwell, or a bedroom wall that wants air.

• 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