Peacock Pair & Branches - Gond Painting

Adorn the walls of your living space with this fabulously hand-thrown Gond painting. The Peacock Pair & Branches Gond Painting is a rustic symbolization of the naturally beautiful plants, birds and animals in their aboriginal environment, present in the villages and dense paintings in various states of India. This painting carries striking characteristics as far as the graphical depiction of the pair of gorgeous pair of peacocks is considered.

The picture brings to life a peacock pair, stationed in the most elegant form, bringing forth a delightful sight for an onlooker. Using amazing shades of blue and orange, the painting says a thousand words without any further ado. Their bodies have been painted with intricate motifs floral and speckles in a uniform pattern that suggests a descending design from top to bottom. The highlight of this portrait is the little peacocks that seem to be clinging to the branch of a tree. The tree as well features detailed arrangement of motifs on its branches and linear strokes. This painting emphasizes on visual aesthetics and will play with your vision by offering a mixed cluster of intricate patterns and motifs, but with constant uniformity.

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.