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| Size | : 30" x 22" |
| Medium | : Pen and Ink |
| Surface | : Paper |
| Frame | : Included in the price |
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Mirror Image is a 30" x 22" pen and ink original by artist Umesh Ghadge. Two densely worked building facades face one another across the composition, their balconies, shuttered windows, and overhead wires echoing each other closely enough to justify the title without being literally identical.
That near-symmetry is a deliberate compositional choice, distinct from the single-facade studies elsewhere in Ghadge's collection, asking the eye to compare the two sides of the drawing against each other rather than read one dominant structure.
Ghadge fills the space between the two buildings with the same tangle of overhead wires found in Gully, the crossing lines here acting almost like a seam holding the two mirrored facades together across the gap between them.
Each building carries its own individual variation within the broader symmetry — different window shapes, uneven balcony rails, mismatched signage — keeping the piece from reading as a mechanical, perfectly repeated pattern despite its mirrored structure.
This interest in visual echo and repetition across an urban streetscape sets Mirror Image apart from the single-landmark focus of pieces like CST or Regal elsewhere in this collection.
Given its scale, this piece suits a substantial wall where the mirrored composition can be read as a whole before its individual architectural details are examined closely.
This is a hand-drawn pen and ink original on paper, not a reproduction. The dense wire tangle and varied window detailing are built up by hand across both facades, part of Ghadge's consistent technique.
Mirror Image finds a structural echo in two ordinary buildings, the title naming a visual rhyme most passersby would walk beneath without noticing.
Mirror Image sits alongside pieces like Latent in Ghadge's Guest Artist collection, continuing Ghadge's habit of finding order and structure in ordinary city clutter. A slim frame under glass is usually the right call here, since anything heavier tends to compete with the fine ink linework. Beyond the spaces already suited to it, Mirror Image also works well in a dining area for a slightly different feel.
Works like this one are built up gradually in layers, with the final surface holding the marks of that process rather than smoothing them away. Natural, indirect light tends to bring out the surface texture best; direct sun for long periods should be avoided so the colour stays true over time. As a handmade original, small variations in texture and brushwork are part of the piece rather than a flaw, and are consistent with how Ghadge works across this collection.
