Works in Pastel · 2026

Mountain Child

Pratiksha Paudel

Welcome. This small museum holds fourteen works in soft pastel by Pratiksha Paudel, who draws under the name Mountain Child. Walk slowly. Step closer to anything that calls to you — pastel rewards a near look.

Begin in Room I

Room I

Where Sky Meets Sea

Shores, cliffs and open water at the hour the light turns gold. Most of these skies were drawn on dark paper, so the light seems to come from inside the picture.

Two small figures stand hand in hand on a dark cliff above a grey sea as an enormous orange sun sinks behind banks of burning cloud.

Mountain Child (Pratiksha Paudel)

The Last Gold Hour

2026 · Soft pastel on paperCollection of the artist

A still sea glows deep red beneath a lavender sky and a band of golden cloud at dusk; a single bird crosses high above.

Mountain Child (Pratiksha Paudel)

Red Water, Quiet Sky

2026 · Soft pastel on paperCollection of the artist

A pale sun glows through churning grey and gold clouds, with rays falling diagonally through the haze.

Mountain Child (Pratiksha Paudel)

The Sun Behind the Veil

2026 · Soft pastel on paperCollection of the artist

A girl in a loose coat runs along wet sand toward the sea, her reflection trailing beneath her, under a sky streaked with yellow, peach and blue.

Mountain Child (Pratiksha Paudel)

Running Toward the Light

2026 · Soft pastel on paperCollection of the artist

Seen from a hillside at dusk, the lights of a valley city sparkle below a red horizon and slate-grey clouds.

Mountain Child (Pratiksha Paudel)

When the City Lights Wake

2026 · Soft pastel on paperCollection of the artist

Two people sit together on a bench on a grassy rise, looking out at a silver sea under dark clouds split by shafts of golden light.

Mountain Child (Pratiksha Paudel)

A Bench for Two

2026 · Soft pastel on paperCollection of the artist

Room II

The Mountains

Peaks by starlight, by aurora and by the last fire of the sun — and the small figures who walk beneath them.

A sharp snow-covered peak rises into a deep blue night sky filled with stars and ribbons of green-white aurora.

Mountain Child (Pratiksha Paudel)

Where the Sky Keeps Watch

2026 · Soft pastel on paperCollection of the artist

Mount Kailash, its snow faces glowing, stands between dark slopes beneath the Milky Way; small tents glow yellow in the foreground.

Mountain Child (Pratiksha Paudel)

Kailash, Under a River of Stars

2026 · Soft pastel on paperCollection of the artist

A mountain summit lit gold and orange by the last sun stands against a dark slate sky, its lower slopes burning rust red.

Mountain Child (Pratiksha Paudel)

The Summit Catches Fire

2026 · Soft pastel on paperCollection of the artist

Layers of misty grey ridges recede under a violet sky edged with orange cloud; a green peak rises in the foreground.

Mountain Child (Pratiksha Paudel)

Violet Ridges

2026 · Soft pastel on paperCollection of the artist

A lone walker crosses a green meadow at the foot of a huge rock-and-snow mountain face glowing peach in the sun, under a clear blue sky.

Mountain Child (Pratiksha Paudel)

A Small Walk Beneath Giants

2026 · Soft pastel on paperCollection of the artist

Room III

Faces & Offerings

People, flowers and myth: a grandmother’s joy, poppies after rain, and a serpent rising through a storm.

Red poppies with dark centres and green seed pods rise on thin stems against a dark, mossy background.

Mountain Child (Pratiksha Paudel)

Poppies After Rain

2026 · Soft pastel on paperCollection of the artist

An elderly Nepali woman in a pink blouse and red shawl, with a red tika on her forehead, laughs with both arms raised against a soft rose background.

Mountain Child (Pratiksha Paudel)

Hajuraama Dances

2026 · Soft pastel on paperCollection of the artist

A huge coral-red serpent coils up through a dark, stormy sky scattered with sparks, above a small figure holding a flame.

Mountain Child (Pratiksha Paudel)

Where the Serpent Rises

2026 · Soft pastel on paperCollection of the artist

Through the doorwayContinue to the Studio