The Open Studio / Ajay
Ajay
Ksharan
Dry sticks wait on the floor below a fading forest
Brown upon brown, the trees go thin as smoke.
A white light opens in the canopy and gives no warmth.
The hare runs flat to the earth. The deer only watches.
The edges of the picture ripple like heat over a road.
Below, the forest has already arrived: sticks, soil, leaves curled like old paper.
A yellow and black line tells us not to step closer.
The work
Ajay Kushwaha paints a forest in shades of brown. A deer stands among thin trees. A hare runs low across the ground and another animal looks back. A white light burns at the top. The painted cloth, with soft wavy edges, hangs from a real branch. Below it lies a pile of dry sticks on a bed of soil and fallen leaves. Kushwaha studies for his Masters at the College of Art Chandigarh. He wants his paintings to show how nature is changing.
- Theme
- Nature slowly wearing away
- Material
- Acrylic, with branches, soil and dry leaves
- Year
- 2026
- Edition
- 1
- Framed
- No
- From
- Delhi
- Code
- RC-3737
In the artist’s words
I am Ajay Kushwaha, a resident of Delhi. I was born in Etah district of Uttar Pradesh and brought up in Delhi. I have done my Bachelors in Painting from College of Art Delhi and currently pursuing my Masters from College of Art Chandigarh. The goal of my artistic journey is to show the reflection of nature to humans. Through my art, I aim to depict the complex and symbiotic relationship between humans and the natural world. My approach is to show humanity as an integral part of nature. To highlight how our lives are connected to the environment around us because nature is the only thing without which humans…
