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Mandir, Mist, and Morning
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| Size | : 14" x 10" |
| Medium | : Watercolor |
| Surface | : Paper |
| Frame | : Included in the price |
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Mandir, Mist, and Morning is a 10x14 watercolor original by artist Nandkishor Shinde, a carved stone temple shrine beneath a spreading tree in an old city street, with a rickshaw, a parked car, and pedestrians passing by.
The carved stone shrine is rendered with more structural detail than the surrounding buildings, its texture picked out through careful, dry-brush work. The rickshaw and parked car are small, contemporary details that place this clearly in a working city street rather than a purely historical scene.
The overall feeling balances old and new, the shrine's history sitting comfortably within an ordinary working street. The tree's overhanging branches echo the shrine's shape below, tying the natural and built elements of the street together.
Mandir, Mist, and Morning reflects the same soft, atmospheric handling of light that runs through his other work in this collection, favoring mood over precise detail. This piece is one of 20 watercolors in the same release, drawn from Shinde's travels through Konkan villages, the coast, and Pune's countryside and city streets. Alongside Gavaachi Sandhyakal, it completes this release's pair of shrine-centered studies, one rural and one set within Old Pune's city streets.
Being watercolor on paper, framing under glass with a proper mount is worth the investment; it keeps the washes from fading and protects the sheet itself. At 10x14, it's a comfortable mid-scale piece, easy to place above furniture or within a grouped wall arrangement.
Mandir, Mist, and Morning would suit a home living or dining space, where its scale and palette can anchor the room without overwhelming it. It also suits gifting to someone who values a specific place or memory over a purely decorative scene.
Pieces in this collection read as remembered moments more than fixed records, built from loose, confident washes rather than careful outline. Indirect natural light tends to bring out the paper's texture and the layered washes clearly, and keeping it out of direct sun helps the colors hold. Being handmade, minor variations in wash and paper texture are expected and are part of Shinde's process, not a defect.
Mandir, Mist, and Morning holds history and everyday city life comfortably within the same frame. The overall composition balances stillness and movement, the static shrine set against pedestrians and vehicles passing steadily by. It works particularly well in a space that blends the traditional and the everyday, much like the street it depicts. It's a fitting choice for anyone drawn to the layered history of Pune's old city streets.
