Gilded Embrace

Klimt's The Kiss, its gold work rendered in the Tanjore tradition of South India — a homage, not a reproduction 

Acrylic on canvas with raised gesso relief and 22k gold foil, laid by hand, the technique used on temple panels for three centuries. Every circle, tile and blossom is built up in relief, so the surface shifts as the light moves across it. An original work in a form that has never met this subject before

2025/ 48''x 60''/3 weeks