WARLI MURAL....

                     

            400 yrs old Tribal Art Form Warli art originated in Thane Dist. of maharashtra, western part of India, in a village also know by the name Warli. It is situated near Dhanau. This art is a 2 dimensional, with no perspective or proportion. Warli painting is simple and linear with the maximum use of triangular shapes. As the universal energy YIN/YANG; concept having the upward facing triangle representing the Male and the downward facing triangle representing the Woman. It also represent fertility as the tribal belief revolve around the cycle of Birth and Death. No wedding takes place without the drawing of "mother Goddess" in the front portion of the Bride's house. Usually the paintings are done by married women. Another important ceremony in the "Tarpa Dance". The village head is known as "Bhagat".

           In this mural,I have incorporated Warli motifs with a mild 3-D effect and a glint of gold to enhance its grandeur and beauty... 

A different mural....Ganesha...

                                              Even pebbles  and    stones can be transformed
                                              into a thing of beauty and we can have joy forever...

                                             I wanted to do something unique and different...
                                             So I just cut MDF board in an unusual shape...

                                             mounted another cutting and a figure of Ganesha
                                              (Isn't he so flexible- he fits in everywhere!)
                                             And shaped Him with M-Seal and added a Sun

                                            And some holy symbols too...
                                            And worked the background with pebbles and
                                             tiny stones to get a unique ,texture...
                                             
                                             And gave the  piece an antique finish...
                                             with acrylic colors
                                             and metallic paints too...

MY SYMBOLIC MURAL.....KRISHNA......

                                                     


                                       WHEN I THINK OF KRISHNA VARIOUS FORMS 
                                       AND HUES
                                       FLASH IN MY MIND'S EYE......


                                       THE REDDISH EARTH OF GOKULAM 
                                       WHERE HE LAUGHED AND PLAYED
                                       THE SWIRLING WAATERS OF YAMUNA
                                       THE GREEN BANKS WHERE        
                                       HE TENDED THE FLOCK
                                       THE LUCKY FEATHER WHICH 
                                       ADORNED HIS CROWN
                                       AND THE MAGICAL NOTES THAT WAFTED OUT
                                       OF HIS MAGICAL FLUTE....


                                       ALAIPAAYUTHE   KANAAAAA....
                                       SINGS MY HEART...


                    and the result is this mural -shaped by hand 
                    with chalk and glue  and   oil colors ...
                   
                    the shades  that represent Krishna....


                     and touched with glints of
                    gold and  silver.....