Goat and Bird - Gond Painting

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The Goat and Bird Gond Painting is an attractive creation of the Bhil artists of Madhya Pradesh and Bihar. This artwork speaks a thousand words just as an appealing visual fantasy is best described. Though it is a simple painting, the Goat and Bird Gond Painting will have you enchanted due to its minimalism and warmth.
This painting is greatly inspired by the animal life in the forests in a beautiful freehand drawing and great play of colours. It is an artistic picture that captures subtleties in the right proportions while offering a visual delight for the onlookers. It is similar to the aboriginal paintings of Australia, though this creation has its own charm. When you look at this painting, it will appear to you as an untamed rustic artwork that touches the ground and lets you meet the soils of the tribal village on a virtual journey.
For those who are passionate about paintings and artworks alike, this creation is a great object to treasure and preserve. It can be used to adorn the living space and brighten up the ambience with vivid colours of this 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.