Amorous Spat

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Perhaps He had kept Her waiting too long. Perhaps, in the moment, He played a strain on His divine flute that she failed to identify with. Perhaps She needed Him more at a point in time when He may have been preoccupied with the other gopiyaan (milkmaids). There could be reasons aplenty as Radha attempts to get away from Her Lord, but He seizes Her just in time. From His gentle but firm grip on Her tender arms, She squirms furiously to extricate herself in this emotive paper-based watercolour.

The guilty milkmaids are right at the door, listening in on the amorous spat. They are vexed - the language of their bodies convey a certain anxiety surrounding what is going on between the lovers. Upon a cushioned, red-coloured bed sits Lord Krishna, imploring for His lover to not resist Him. From the vines on the pillars on either side of their chamber and the gold-topped domes of the palace that houses it, to the solid red backdrop, each ancillary aspect of this composition has a subtle yet unmistakable romance about it.