Gond 7

This lyrical ink drawing stages a quiet ceremony of looking upward: three stylized deer, patterned like woven textiles, gather beneath a coral-like canopy whose red bands pulse with a restrained vitality. The stark dialogue between monochrome crosshatching and the rhythmic red accents turns the tree into a symbolic conduit—part shelter, part living altar—where nature feels simultaneously tender and mythic. Through its flattened space and repetitive motifs, the work suggests a folk cosmology in which belonging is measured not by realism, but by the shared cadence of line, pattern, and attentive gaze.