Offering to the Flame

Against a blood-red sky a woman in olive and teal bends toward an immense swirling fire, her posture one of both reverence and courage. The flames are rendered as a dense mass of tiny figures and forms — suggesting that fire itself is made of life. The contrast between the single solitary figure and the roaring, populated blaze creates a powerful tension, making this one of Puli Vijaya Kishore's most emotionally immediate works.

Original watercolour on paper. One-of-a-kind.