Bed of Jasmines

In South Indian traditions, jasmine flowers symbolize the pure essence of love, often intertwined with the celebration of blossoming marriages. In the painting I tried to subvert the fragility of the flowers, depicting the flowers as rigid and straight, to comment on the constricting views of society on what defines purity.

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Dimensions in ascending order:

1. 30 x 40 inches

2. Close up of 1.

3. 40 x 30 inches

4. 28 x 50 inches