The Open Studio / Ajay
Ajay
Maa ki karuna
She holds a fawn while the sky behind her burns
Green hands cup a fawn no bigger than a loaf of bread.
Her skin is bark. Her veins are roots that run down into the ground.
Behind her the sky turns orange and red and the light breaks into honeycomb.
Her dark hair streams out into the heat.
She does not look at the burning.
She looks at the small spotted life she keeps.
The work
Ajay Kushwaha makes this square painting in acrylic on canvas in 2025. It measures 91.4 × 91.4 cm. Kushwaha comes from Etah district in Uttar Pradesh and grows up in Delhi. He now studies for his Masters at College of Art Chandigarh. A woman sits with a small fawn in her cupped hands. Her skin is green with pale lines like roots. Below the waist her body becomes a green mound. Roots run across it. The title means a mother's compassion.
- Theme
- Nature as a mother
- Material
- Acrylic on canvas
- Year
- 2025
- Edition
- 1
- Framed
- Yes
- From
- Delhi
- Code
- RC-3739
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…
