A low band of lilies and dark pads fronts a wide magenta sky, the blossoms picked out in small white notes against rust and violet foliage. Acrylic sits in thin, chalky veils through the sky, then thickens into shorter strokes around the leaves, so space reads as two fields held in tension rather than deep perspective. The composition keeps the horizon low and the flowers upright, letting color temperature carry the scene from cool rose to warmer reds near the waterline.

The work cites Dal Lake in Kashmir, a wetland known for floating gardens and seasonal lotus and lily blooms that crest mid summer, when evening skies can flare over still water. Those conditions make the upward thrust of stems and the high, saturated sky feel exact, not generic. Credible sources document Dal Lake’s floating gardens and July to August lotus bloom, and describe lotus and related aquatic blooms rising above pads on stiff stalks, which aligns with the vertical accents here.