Lord Shiva (A Family of Deities) Acrylic Figurative Painting

Set within an emerald oval that reads like a sanctified window, the figures advance in quiet procession—blue-skinned divinity and luminous consort—anchored by the trident’s vertical certainty and softened by offerings held close to the heart. The saturated reds and oranges pulse against the deep green ground, turning the scene into a meditation on balance: ascetic power tempered by devotion, wilderness rendered intimate through birds, blossoms, and the attentive animals at their feet. Behind them, the mountain outline rises like a distant mantra, suggesting that the true pilgrimage is inward, where tenderness and strength coexist without conflict. The flattened, folk-inflected contouring lends the narrative a timeless clarity, as if myth is not recounted but continuously lived.