Chipkaliyon ka Chaman

Two chipkalis in Quarantine

Size : 8*10

Procreate, Gouache.

Printed on Felix Schoeller canvas.

If you would like a print on a non canvas texture, please let us know, we can also print for you on a Hahnemuhle Photorag(off-white) or a Hanhemule Bamboo Paper.(cream)

Inspired by art made by the Bhil tribe of India. They use art to draw the simple everyday life. What drew me to this artform was how it reminded me of pointillism and optical color mixing.

The Bhils are the second largest tribal community in India, residing in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. Traditionally, the art of the Bhil folk would adorn the clay walls of their village homes. Beautiful images usually large, un-lifelike shapes of everyday characters would be painted with neem sticks and other twigs, and natural dyes would be used. 

The dots on a Bhil painting are not random. They are patterns that could be made to represent anything that the artists wish to, from ancestors to deities. Because these patterns are solely in the hands of the artists who create them, the work of every Bhil artist is unique, and the dot patterns can be counted as the artist’s signature style.