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Born in Sri Lanka but equally at home in India, George Keyt evolved a highly individual vocabulary rooted in the traditional ethos of the land yet inspired by Western modernism. He rooted his thematic content in local tradition, drawing from Hindu and Buddhist mythology, and Indian erotic iconography. His figural compositions celebrated the female form. He developed a distinct visual vocabulary by melding a modernist stylistic formula with Fauvist and tropical colours, and an expressive vocal line. His Cubist imagery consisting of a sharp angularity that he quelled with a ballooning, gracefully rounded line, forming the faces and torsos of the women he created, made his works liminal.