MAYOORA-A TANJORE PAINTING

Usually, Hindu religious icons are depicted

in Tanjore Paintings- a traditional art form of India.

In this painting, I have chosen to portray 

a glorious peacock -an all time favorite 

Indian motif...In fact,

You can hardly find  an Indian art form

where a peacock is not depicted in it's unique style...

and true to the tradition of Tanjore paintings,

here is a peacock embellished 

in gold and semi precious stones...

BEJEWELLED DANCING PEACOCKS - A KUNDAN PAINTING

Here is an ornate Kundan painting

done on a 12"X 12" mirror.

I chose traditional peacock motifs

and surrounded them with traditional 

Kundan jewel motifs...

Uncut stones and pearls,gold liners and 

transparent glass colors go into making 

this painting...

Bright and traditional colors add to the 

beauty of this work and adds to 

the dramatic impact creates ....

PEACOCKS - A MADHUBANI PAINTING

After a long time ,I am sharing a simple and colorful

Madhubani Painting 

depicting the all time favorite motif

in various Indian arts and crafts - The Peacock 

or the Mayoora...

these multicolored peacocks  

capture the essence of the true original 

Madhubani artisan- the unlettered woman

from a village of the Madhuban district of Bihar...

for her these paintings were the way she 

celebrated life and every moment of it too...

A Nib Painting- PEACOCK .....

    

A peacock -one of the prettiest birds

that graces this earth-

is always a cynosure of your eyes...

No wonder the peacock is given 

the exalted privilege and status of being

the National Bird of our country...

And this is one bird that is always

 the favorite of all artists and craft persons...

and it beautifully adapts itself to any form of art...

paintings...sculptures...embroidery...

poems...dance...and  more....

Peacock is an All Time Favorite theme 

in all these creative forms...

And definitely one of my favorite themes too...

This Nib Painting shows my pretty 

peacock perched gracefully

on a flowery tree....

This work is done on a black felt cloth

with a special set of nibs -

(the main tool for nib painting)

with oil paints...

The main ingredient for this work 

     is patience and precision...

(oil paints mess up easily and it is

 not really possible to reverse the mistakes)

And the bright green leaves,

shaded pretty pink flowers

 and the tree trunk do provide

 a perfect backdrop

 for this beautiful bird...