Ravana is a ten-headed demon god of Hindu mythology, king of the island of Lanka and a devout follower of Shiva. He kidnapped the wife of Prince Rama, Sita, and held her prisoner in a garden in his palace on the island of Lanka. Rama would wage a battle against Ravana and Rama's companion, the god Hanuman, would burn down the palace, allowing Rama to slay the demon king and rescue Sita.
In his signature style, Carol Summers interprets this portion of the Hindu epic through a lens of vivid imagination: saturated color and large, exaggerated forms that soften as the inks are absorbed by the fibrous paper. The image is exultant and celebratory, a visual homage to triumph of good over evil.