I leave it up to the individual as what is going on in my paintings but a possible scenario for this goes as follows; A hot night in Mughal India with a torchlit pavilion in the middle of a lake somewhere in Rajasthan, the rajah entertains his favourite concubine in the privacy of the lake pavilion away from the prying eyes of the distant palace. One trusted guard and a serving girl accompany the Rajah as he dallies with the concubine with the full moon rising behind the distant clouds. When he tires of her he will get the guard to signal the palace with a torch to send the boat to pick them up and return to the nest of intrigue and suspicion.
Loosely based on Udaipur where I visited in 1989....
This will be up for sale on my upcoming slot on Every Day Original on Sunday 28 March.
Oil on linen 16" x 12".
There is a short progress through this painting including the colours I used in previous posts on this blog.
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