The Gathering
Ten deer grazing beneath a single shared canopy — each one painted in a completely different colour and pattern. No two alike. Trees grow from their antlers and merge into one continuous canopy overhead, filled with dense ink dot-work, coloured flowers, and birds in flight. The flower work alone sprawls across the full four-foot width of the canvas. A piece of this scale and detail takes over 100 hours to complete.
The deer stand shoulder to shoulder across the full width of the canvas. One in deep blue with tight fish-scale patterning. Another in mustard yellow with wave lines. A third in green with peacock-eye dots. Orange, gold, brown, maroon — every body carries its own colour, its own texture, its own rhythm. Together they form a single herd, distinct but inseparable.
The canopy is where the hours sit. The entire foliage is first built from dense, hand-drawn lines using rotring pens — thousands of individual strokes forming the base of the bush. Over that linework, coloured flowers and leaves are layered in green, gold, and blue, spreading across the full four feet of the canvas. The flower work is intricate and relentless — it doesn’t thin out at theedges, it holds the same density corner to corner. Colourful birds fly between the branches and perch throughout, adding movement to a composition that is otherwise still and grounded.
This is the largest work in the collection — painted by Ram Kumar Shyam, who works in the Jangarh Kalam tradition, the lineage that brought Gond painting from village walls to international galleries.
Styling
This is a centrepiece. Feature wall, above a large sofa, or the anchor of an entire room. At 50 × 36 inches it commands the space. Simple frame — the painting does the rest.
Art form: Gond Medium: Acrylic on canvas Canvas size: 48 × 36 inches (horizontal) Artist: Ram Kumar Shyam Origin: Madhya Pradesh, India Pricing: Enquire
Care: Keep away from direct sunlight and moisture. Glass framing recommended to protect the detailing.
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