SpandanArt

spandan · स्पंदन · noun
a pulse; a quiet vibration; the heartbeat of a thing.

Paintings with a pulse.

Original watercolours, oils and pastels, painted by hand. Every piece is one of a kind, and ships across India.

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Shiva seated in meditation with eyes closed, holding a trident, against a dark stormy sky. — Mahadev, in StillnessAcrylic, 18 × 24 in

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Four paintings, one line through them.

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Three poppies in scarlet, blush pink and near-black, with pale green buds, on a smoky dark ground.

Oil on canvas · 2025

Poppies After Dark

Three poppies, scarlet, blush and almost black, rising out of a smoky ground with pale green buds around them.

10 × 12 in · 25 × 30 cm

₹9,500View painting

A camel caravan with turbaned riders cresting a rippled sand dune under a clear blue sky.

Oil on canvas · 2024

The Caravan, Thar

A camel caravan cresting a dune in the Thar, the wind-rippled sand filling half the canvas.

32 × 20 in · 81 × 51 cm

₹32,000View painting

A young woman in a tall red and silver bridal headdress with fur trim, long braids and silver earrings.

Watercolour and ink on paper · 2025

Bride in a Saukele

A Kazakh bride in a saukele, the tall silver-and-red wedding headdress, her braids and the fur trim framing a steady, level gaze.

11.7 × 16.5 in · 30 × 42 cm

₹9,000View painting

A stone footbridge over a still stream between red and orange autumn trees, with mist behind.

Oil on canvas · 2025

Autumn Bridge

A stone footbridge over a still stream, the trees burning red and orange on either side and the mist glowing behind.

36 × 24 in · 91 × 61 cm

₹28,000View painting

All paintings

Shiva seated in meditation with eyes closed, holding a trident, against a dark stormy sky.

Mahadev, in Stillness

Acrylic · 18 × 24 in

Three poppies in scarlet, blush pink and near-black, with pale green buds, on a smoky dark ground.

Poppies After Dark

Oil · 10 × 12 in

A camel caravan with turbaned riders cresting a rippled sand dune under a clear blue sky.

The Caravan, Thar

Oil · 32 × 20 in

A young woman in a tall red and silver bridal headdress with fur trim, long braids and silver earrings.

Bride in a Saukele

Watercolour and ink · 11.7 × 16.5 in

A stone footbridge over a still stream between red and orange autumn trees, with mist behind.

Autumn Bridge

Oil · 36 × 24 in

A priest in saffron raising a blazing brass lamp at the evening aarti, against a night-dark sky.

Ganga Aarti

Watercolour and gouache · 8.3 × 11.7 in

Oil portrait of a woman with a red bindi, white nose stud and beaded choker, glancing sideways.

The Glance

Oil · 11 × 14 in

Four fishermen pushing a wooden boat into a violet sea under an orange setting sun.

Launching at Sunset

Acrylic · 24 × 16 in

A domed ochre pavilion behind a wall of white blossom and purple jacaranda, beside a railway line under a violet sky.

Jacaranda Lane

Watercolour · 16.5 × 11.7 in

A serene Buddha head in blue and violet pastel with a warm ochre light on one cheek, fading into green.

Buddha in Blue

Soft pastel · 7 × 12 in

A single lily drawn in white and vermilion pastel on black paper.

Night Bloom

Soft pastel · 8.3 × 11.7 in

Oil portrait of a woman in a red blouse and dark dupatta, with a maang tikka and pink flowers in her hair.

Maang Tikka

Oil · 12 × 16 in

An old shepherd in a brown robe resting on a rock with his staff, looking out over green hills and a distant flock.

The Shepherd

Watercolour · 16.5 × 11.7 in

Crowds on the Varanasi ghat steps beside a tall pole, with temples behind and red and yellow boats at the water.

Ghats of Kashi

Watercolour · 8.3 × 11.7 in

A house sparrow perched on a grey branch against a wash of yellow and orange, with green reeds.

Sparrow in Autumn

Watercolour · 9 × 12 in

An old woman with deeply lined skin laughing, holding a cigarette with smoke curling up, drawn in white on black.

Grandmother’s Laugh

White pastel · 12 × 16 in

A wooden farmhouse on a snowy hillside with frosted trees and a wire fence, under a grey winter sky.

First Snow

Watercolour · 11.7 × 16.5 in

A still life of strawberries in a dish, with peaches, gooseberries and leaves on a wooden table.

Summer Fruit

Oil · 12 × 10 in

Wet ghat steps reflecting sandstone buildings, with umbrellas and saffron-robed figures climbing.

After the Rain, Varanasi

Watercolour · 8.3 × 11.7 in

A lion lifting its head to the sky, drawn in white pastel on black paper.

Looking Up

White pastel · 10 × 12 in

A painting of a carved stone temple glowing against dark hills under an orange sky, shown in a wooden frame on a wall.

Temple in the Hills

Acrylic · 12 × 16 in

Oil portrait of a young woman with loose dark curls and red lips, glancing over her shoulder.

Over the Shoulder

Oil · 12 × 16 in

A dark tree with a crown of purple blossom against a glowing blue ground, in oil pastel on black paper.

Midnight Blossom

Oil pastel · 10 × 12 in

Temple spires in grey wash above the river steps, with small red touches on the crowd and a moored boat.

Kashi in Grey

Watercolour · 8.3 × 11.7 in

A framed painting of a guitarist mid-solo, in violet and plum, standing on a white desk.

Encore in Violet

Acrylic · 12 × 16 in

A farmer driving a bullock cart loaded with hay, pulled by one brown and one white bullock under a blue evening sky.

Homeward

Watercolour · 12 × 9 in

A loose watercolour sketch of a green hand pump, a milk can and a small cart wheel on a patch of grass.

The Old Hand Pump

Watercolour · 9 × 10 in

A round black wall clock with raised copper scrollwork, red and gold dot borders and a gilded ring around the dial.

Hand-painted Wall Clock

Acrylic and relief work · 14 × 14 in

Commissions

A painting for one particular wall.

Portraits, places and devotional pieces, in watercolour, oil or pastel. The price depends on size and medium.

Tell her what you have in mind.A photo of the wall, a place, a person, or a feeling for the room.
Agree on size, medium and price.She’ll suggest what will work best and quote on WhatsApp.
She paints it for you.Signed, packed with care and sent to your door.

Detail, Ghats of Kashi, watercolour on paper

The artist

Spandan Art is the studio of Ghunghru Sahay.

She paints the places she keeps going back to and the faces that stay with her: the ghats of Varanasi, village roads, deserts and snowbound hills, in watercolour, oil and pastel.

More about Ghunghru

Say hello

Write to her.

A question about a painting, a wall you’re trying to fill, or just a hello. Messages go straight to the artist on WhatsApp.

WhatsApp +91 84279 84441