Dileep Sharma

This etching presents a powerful and commanding female figure, her bold gaze and confident stance exuding strength and individuality. With arms raised and bent outward, she appears to be mid-dance or performance, embodying both movement and defiance. Her long braid falls over her shoulder, adding a sense of rhythm, while her features—sharp brows, full lips, and piercing eyes—intensify her presence. The garment she wears is intricately detailed with miniature human figures performing yoga asanas, transforming her body into a canvas of discipline, flexibility, and inner strength. Ornamented jewellery, floral motifs, and decorative markings on her arms further highlight the interplay between adornment and identity.The dense, shadowed background sets her figure apart, emphasizing her dramatic rise from the surface, as if she exists simultaneously rooted in the material and elevated beyond it. This artwork fuses sensuality, cultural symbolism, and empowerment, reimagining the female body as a site of layered narratives—at once personal, political, and mythic.