She's crouched at the water's edge with her back to us, and the whole canvas splits into two temperatures, cool teal on one side and hot gold light on the other. I put the figure down fast and loose, letting the linen show through in places. It was more about that pull between shade and sun than about getting the anatomy exact.

Register interest

• Perfume
• Prisoners in the Torna Fort
• Meat Inspection
• Trouble in the Jungle
• Rosewood
• Bird Wedding
• Pyjama Party
• Bombay in the Morning (Yellow Diptych No. 1)
• Jedermann I
• Jedermann II
• Jedermann III
• Free
• Evolution
• Cart to Goa
• Beauty on the Rocks
• Paradise
• Leela
• Refugees
• Strawberries with Cream
• Rest
• Blackberry
• Lovemaking
• Buonarroti's Wrath
• First Love
• Red Picture
• Inspiration by Avatar
• Untitled (Tangled Figures)
• Garter
• Sneak a Peek
• Untitled (Black and White Painting)
• Life Is a Shadow
• Sparkling Since 1939
• Buhne 16
• Boat People
• Untitled (Blue Face, Red Eye)
• Untitled (Ganesh)
• Mumbai Pune Expressway
• Untitled (Love and Kisses)
• Untitled (Colourful)
• Untitled (Foreshortened Study)
• Lovers Bathing
• Indian Market
• Leopard in a Landscape