Rajendra Shyam's world is inspired by the Gondi tales he was told as a child. He depicts these in great detail on his canvases. His world is densely inhabited with animals set in forest scenes. The banda, or rope, is a texture he experiments with inhis works. The rich, intricate pattern gives body to his paintings and has become his signature style.
The turtle, considered a symbol of strength for Mother Earth, is depicted leaving its natural habitat with all it???s belongings, family and friends to look for a better place to live since the waters in which he was residing have become inhabitable with the increasing pollution. The issue of water pollution is a very crucial issue facing the world.

Gond is a form of Indian folk and tribal art named after the largest tribe of central India with the same name. The word Gond is a derivation of the konda word meaning green hill which consists of parts of Madhya Pradesh, Chattishgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Orissa. The inspiration behind Gond art is almost always nature and social customs represented through a repetitive patterning of dots and dashes. Each artist uses this patterning to create his or her own signature style while choosing colour schemes and subjects thatare indicative of the communities they represent. The forest and its creatures are a major theme in Gond art. The community's myths inspire artists to create images with a certain "royal" character, which it is perhaps possible to interpret as an artefact of a time when the Gonds ruled much of central India. The largeness of each creature and tree, irrespective of the size of the canvas, is related to this and to the reality of a landscape once densely populated with wildlife with which humansinteracted closely. Today, Gond artists are able to mobilize this history to create a wide variety of art that manifests specific forms of knowledge and experience, which they represent in identifiable pictorial styles. Gond art's repertoire of birds, animals and folklore are still a part of their animistic beliefs even as they travel far from home.