Art Kaleidoscope

The wonders never cease in the world of textile art! Am off on a new armchair exploration! And will happily drag along anyone who will listen (or read) through the … Continue reading →

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Guess who is featured in this Lithograph from the Raja Ravi Varma Press?  At first I thought this is Ravana – the king who was so intelligent that the artists … Continue reading →

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‘How to romance a Prince’ – A visual guide for novices … May be tried with princes both before and after tbey metamorphose from the frog stage.   just kidding … Continue reading →

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Presenting 4 paintings from the Yao group of Vietnam. Yao paintings are always full of character and layers of stories embedded within. But these 4 paintings have two characteristics that … Continue reading →

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A Puri Jatri Patti artwork to celebrate the Lord Jagannath Yatra festival that is happenninf now in Puri, Odisha Jai Ho!  June 2017

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Embroidered picture of a woman doing embroidery!!  And the millenials thought they were the ones to invent selfies!!  From an early 1900s shawl. More about that later…

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"It's not the years in the life that matter - it is the life in the years that count"

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Exploring the art in Ancient Buddhist manuscripts

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