Lady Collecting Mahua Flower - Gond Painting

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The Lady Collecting Mahua Flower Gond Painting is a glimpse of one of the daily routine works involved in the lives of the men and women in the villages. Picking the Mahua flower is one of the significant chores they like to indulge in during their leisure times or otherwise as well. This painting depicts the true hardwork and dedication that goes into the activity of plucking the Mahua flowers from the tree in order to put it to use sometime later.
 
Showcasing the authentic daily lifestyle of the people in the villages, this work of art respects and resembles their happiness and satisfaction that comes by way of the daily activities. The tribal woman features the most basic and apt attire, just like the man sports the typical village gear. As the tree is full of leaves, it has attracted one of the large birds as well and hence the picture becomes livelier.
 
It is the use of rich colours to the likes of yellow, orange, blue and green that enhances the look and feel of this work of art exceptionally well. The dots and lines, which form a distinct feature for most Gond paintings, is beautifully etched in this tribal handmade painting.
 
About Gond Painting
 
While for some, Gond Painting is an art form, for others it is a way of living the village life with contentment and satisfaction in all that they have been bestowed with. Practiced by the Gond tribes of Madhya Pradesh, the Gond painting is one of the oldest forms of wall painting art. It was first found in the caves of Bhimbetka, Madhya Pradesh, one of the World Heritage Sites as declared by the UNESCO. Overtime, the clan widespread across several Indian states including Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.
 
The common themes of Gond painting may range from religious festivities, activities and hobbies to marriages and supernatural entities as well. However, the main idea of the Gond painting is to symbolize the deities of the tribes in the form of trees and animals.
 
Just like other types of tribal painting, Gond portraits too make use of naturally found colours. In order to provide a rustic touch to the paintings, non-synthetic materials such as wooden coal, Chui soil, geru, sem leaves, sap of the tinsak plants and red soil is used. Soil is the main ingredient and freely available in the localities of the artists.
 
Though the painting looks easy to draw and simple to further decorate with patterns, Gond Painting has its own limitations and cannot be practiced properly unless an expert executes it.