Newly married, a blushing bride and her handsome groom are in a palanquin on their way to his place surrounded by friends and family, as well as the palanquin bearers. Parboni Ghosh joins this festive occasion with this celebratory Madhubani painting featuring a dancing peacock and gorgeous flowers against a red background.

Madhubani or Mithila paintings is millenary painting style that has been preserved by women in northern Bihar. They draw traditional designs and depict events from epic mythology on the floors and walls of their houses. Themes revolve around religious themes, humans, deities, animals, birds and flowers thus showing the perfect harmony between humankind and their environment.

Product Features: 

• Dimension: 25" L x 14.25" W
• Weight: 0.11
• Color: Red
• Material: Poster and water colors on handmade paper
• Made in India

Story Behind the art:
Hello friends, I'm Parboni from West Bengal. Art has been a part of my life ever since I can remember. My mother has been a great lover of art and I get my inspiration from her. I remember watching her paint and create beautiful things - I was amazed so it was only natural that I was fascinated by her extremely talented works of art. I also started painting and not long afterwards I realized that pencils, colors and brushes had become my friends. I was thrilled and started to appreciate the beauty that each stroke of brush creates - it absorbs me into a mystic world.

Seeing my interest and passion towards painting, my parents enrolled me in a formal art training center where I received a junior diploma in fine arts. However, after completing my education, I worked in a corporate sector and I had to take a long break when my son was born.

I tried to do something which could be the means of spending quality time with my family and as painting had been my all-time fascination, I found a way to do something satisfactory and picked up my brushes again.

I started with Madhubani paintings, which reminded me of my trip to Bihar to my maternal aunt's house and becoming impassioned with its unique artistic style, especially the vibrant colors they use with a wide variety of themes, and the way the fine lines are used in their compositions.

I tried painting a couple of them and one of my most enthusiastic friends and my sister, who thinks very much like me, suggested the idea of selling them and that I could be successful. Thereon I started working on this typical folk style.

I continued my studies in different folk art forms and at the same time got interested in Kalighat paintings. Kalighat is a traditional art form which originated in West Bengal and depicts mostly god, goddess and mythological characters. I inherited them from my culture. Kalighat paintings represent the socio-economic pattern of nineteenth century Calcutta and I love the way patuas (painting on cloth) is used to depict this on paper. I am most attracted to its expressive gestures and rhythmic brush strokes.

The handmade touch of artisan skill creates variations in color, size and design. If buying two of the same item, slight differences should be expected. Note: Color discrepancies may occur between this product and your computer screen.

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