Untitled 2 (Theyyam Ritual)

In a haze of ochres and teal shadows, a lone performer emerges as both bearer and mediator, carrying an oversized, luminous visage that seems to look past the viewer into ritual memory. The composition pivots on the mask’s radiant yellows and reds—an icon-like center of gravity—while the figure behind it is deliberately muted, suggesting the quiet erasure of the self required to let tradition speak. Loose, bleeding washes create a breathing atmosphere, where light feels less like illumination than incense, turning the act of performance into a threshold between the everyday body and the mythic presence it animates.