Cosmic Window to the Lotus Garden

This piece is an all-over pattern rather than a single mandala, and it works like a window: the eye looks through rows of small round medallions, each with a four-part flower at its heart, to a garden of fans that open like lotus petals. The gold band snakes from side to side, row after row, as if leading a walk through the garden.

Repeated medallions and fan motifs have a long history in Indian decorative art, on temple ceilings, painted walls and printed textiles, and the lotus has been the favourite flower of that tradition for centuries. The cool palette of blue, teal and lavender keeps the effect gentle, and the gold adds warmth. Anusuya describes it as a gentle, meditative invitation into a sacred visual space, and it works equally well on its own or as part of a gallery wall.