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.
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.
Love , Dad
I would love to 'retreat' to set time out just devoted to painting based on the plants of India. It's a bucket list kind of thing to go to the Kangra Valley and take some time studying and painting there.....Taking the time to "smell the roses" to really see this beautiful world that we live in and are stewards and guardians of! Until that day I try to incorporate creativity and to be in nature every day.