Gond Canvas Painting

The folk and tribal arts of India are very ethnic and simple, and yet colorful and vibrant enough to speak volumes about the country’s rich heritage.

Bhil paintings usually consist of large, un-lifelike shapes of everyday characters filled in with earthy, yet bright colours, and then covered with an overlay of uniform dots in several patterns and colours that stand out strikingly against the background. Bhil Art is instinctive and primordial, born out of an ancient connection with nature. What makes the art extra special, is that it has travelled down generations, with most artists learning it from their mothers.

The folk and tribal arts of India are very ethnic and simple, and yet colorful and vibrant enough to speak volumes about the countries rich heritage.

The folk and tribal arts of India are very ethnic and simple, and yet colorful and vibrant enough to speak volumes about the countries rich heritage.

The folk and tribal arts of India are very ethnic and simple, and yet colorful and vibrant enough to speak volumes about the countries rich heritage.

Thangka painting is thus a two-dimensional medium illustrating a multi-dimensional spiritual reality. Practitioners use thangkas as a sort of road map to guide them to the original insight of the master.

The folk and tribal arts of India are very ethnic and simple, and yet colorful and vibrant enough to speak volumes about the country’s rich heritage.

Thangkas are intended to convey iconographic information in a pictorial manner. It has a scientific arrangement of content, colour and proportion, all of which follow a prescribed set of rules.

The folk and tribal arts of India are very ethnic and simple, and yet colorful and vibrant enough to speak volumes about the countries rich heritage.

The folk and tribal arts of India are very ethnic and simple, and yet colorful and vibrant enough to speak volumes about the countries rich heritage.