Flight Of The Witch

Thisâu00c2u0080u00c2u0088year, one of the themes for Inktober – a global celebration where artists create one ink drawing a day for the entire month – was a tree. So, going beyond just a basic sketch, 25-year-old Shivranjana Rathore created Tree Of Wonder, an ink drawing of a tree speckled with fireflies, inspired by her travel to a remote village, Lehrikol, in the southern part of Madhya Pradesh back in 2012. "The village had no electricity and the only source of light was the fireflies on a tree. That image was stuck in my head and I sketched it. It's also open to interpretation. Many think it's the head of a strong lady," says Rathore. The artwork, along with seven others that she sketched for Inktober, is part of her ongoing debut exhibition, Expressions In Ink at The Cuckoo Club.