The view from a carved jharokha window in Udaipur, looking out across Lake Pichola. A gilded ochre arch with cusped Rajput scallops and floral rosettes frames the scene; beyond it a white island palace floats mid-water, ringed by trees, with the blue Aravalli hills low behind and a small boat on the water. Sandhya Kaushik loads the carved stone frame in thick gold and amber palette-knife work, then drops the lake into cooler strokes of cobalt, slate and lilac so the architecture glows warm against cool water.

The framed, look-through composition gives the small square real depth. It suits a bedroom, a living-room nook, or a study wall where a window onto somewhere else is welcome.

• Original hand-painted acrylic on stretched canvas
• Palette-knife impasto
• 1:1 square
• Made to order at your chosen size
• Frame: stretched canvas, or floater (black/white/gold)
• Signed by Sandhya Kaushik
• Certificate of Authenticity