P. A. DHOND (INDIAN, 20TH CENTURY) – FISHING BOATS AT LOW TIDE – WATERCOLOUR ON PAPER, SIGNED AND DATED "P.A. DHOND '75" LOWER RIGHT A LUMINOUS COASTAL WATERCOLOUR DEPICTING TWO BEACHED FISHING BOATS RESTING ON A SUN-BLEACHED SHORE AT LOW TIDE, THEIR DARK HULLS CASTING SOFT REFLECTED SHADOWS ACROSS THE WET SAND. IN THE DISTANCE, TWO FIGURES WALK ALONG THE SHORELINE BENEATH A PALE, ATMOSPHERIC SKY WASHED IN DELICATE BLUES AND CREAMS. A LOW GREEN TREELINE FRAMES THE HORIZON TO THE LEFT, ANCHORING THE COMPOSITION. EXECUTED IN LOOSE, WET-ON-WET WATERCOLOUR TECHNIQUE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ARTIST'S PLEIN-AIR COASTAL STUDIES, WITH CONFIDENT, ECONOMICAL BRUSHWORK CAPTURING THE STILLNESS AND LIGHT OF THE INDIAN COASTLINE. SIGNED AND DATED "P.A. DHOND '75" LOWER RIGHT.