The signature art of Bihar, Madhubani is the name given to the folk art of the region. It is easily distinguished by thick black lines, solid pastel colours, and the endearing simplicity of the themes. The painting that you see on this page is a handpicked Madhubani painting. It depicts a tree, a recurrent motif in Indian art, especially that produced in the region because of the significance of the Bodhi tree. Not only did Enlightenment descend upon the Buddha in the shade of the Bodhi tree, but the tree is also considered a selfless provider of shelter and resources to human beings. No wonder that the motif of the tree is a popular one with folk painters.
A slender, barely tapering stem, filled in with a solid black colour. Its numerous branches, tender and curvaceous as they are, fill the entire surface area of the canvas. These branches bend and touch each other in a way that the spaces between them take on the shape of the fish, making for a densely packed fish canopy. They are all identical - peachy pink scales, fins of a pale azure colour, and a hint of scarlet at the mouths. Note the sparks of scarlet at the point of the shoot where it begins to branch out and, seemingly, the mouths of multiple fish meet. A simple motif of thin, angular black lines completes the unusual composition.
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