in high school our art teacher, Frank Wesley, taught us the Kangra Valley art form. One of the remarkable features of this art form is the incredible detail of nature: trees, plants, animals, birds, rivers, clouds, etc. Details of clothing, architecture and the human body also are incredibly detailed. Often these are miniatures yet a single loose strand of hair is captured if you look closely.
To explain the multiple pictures of plants on this blog post: in high school our art teacher, Frank Wesley, taught us the Kangra Valley art form. One of the remarkable features of this art form is the incredible detail of nature: trees, plants, animals, birds, rivers, clouds, etc. Details of clothing, architecture and the human body also are incredibly detailed. Often these are miniatures yet a single loose strand of hair is captured if you look closely. My heart resonates with this art because it captures my wonder with the abundance of the life that we all are richly given if we but just look around us and observe the subtle details.
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Ted Feierabend
11/14/2013 08:38:01 am
Mary, beautifully done. All your friend from Woodstock days will understand and enjoy your comments, and the pictures selected are great. We look forward to when you can put it all together in book form - I believe you have enough thoughts for two books.
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kelle
11/18/2013 06:21:07 am
Looks like KW or even Miami...
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Kamala
3/26/2015 03:09:56 am
This is priceless and educational. Again, you have bridged time and timelessness! Loved what you said about Kangra art, needs to be understood more by viewers. I can see that your first steps out into the garden of Love were in Mussoorie, and every leaflette holds your heart still...I think it is so, Muir, Debois, they all comment on this deeper connection to the land, waters, plants, of where we are from.
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Mary Girard
3/27/2015 06:25:26 am
Thanks!
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