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Radhe Krishna in Mithila Painting

In this Mithila / Madhubani Painting , Krishna is teasing Radha by trying to break her pot filled with Makhan (home made Butter). This situation has been taken from the mythological stories of Lord Krishna and Radha.  In Mithila Paintings a lot of themes are taken from the mythological stories in Hindus esp. those of…

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Mithila (Madhubani) Painting in Siddhant (Engagement) Ceremony in Mithila

(please click on the images to view the complete picture) These paintings were made for the Siddhant (Engament) Ceremony of my brother, Himadri Mayank with the lovely girl, Shruti. The first painting is the backdrop for the ceremony made in the style of Mithila / Madhubani Painting.  The painting is graced with the presence of…

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Media covered story of Mithila Painting in New Jersey

Earlier, there was a post on the display of Mithila Paintings in New Jersey. In the post it was mentioned about the Mithila (Madhubani) Paintings by Nupur Nishith which are on display at the Bayonne Art and Music Festival from June 14-21st , 2013 in New Jersey , USA. Now. two of popular Hindi dailies of Patna…

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Mithila Painting in New Jersey

Mithila Paintings by Nupur Nishith are on display at The First Annual Bayonne Art and Music Festival from June 14th,15th and 16th-21st, 2013 in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA. The paintings exhibited during the festival are Lord Ganesha Bride in Mithila Ardhanarishwar Kalash Raas (with Face) Due to shortage of time five existing Mithila Paintings were displayed in the exhibition.  However, The paintings received a overwhelming…

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Mithila Painting inspired from Godna style

The Painting is highlighted with the motifs of pair of Peacock, Shankh, Dancing Dolls with flower and other patterns in border and background taking inspiration from Godna style of Mithila / Madhubani painting. An important feature of this painting is the synchronization with the Bottom two rows ( i.e. of Shankh and Dancing Dolls) are the mirror…

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Bride plucking flower in Garden in Mithila Painting

Bride plucking flower in Garden in Mithila Painting is digitally painted with the motifs and style of  Madhubani / Mithila Painting. In traditional Mithila it is called “Gauri Pujan lai phool torait Kaniya” (Maithili Language) meaning “Bride plucking flowers for worshiping Goddess Gauri”. The married ladies of Mithila worship  Goddess Gauri with lot of devotion for…

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Kalash handpainted in Mithila Painting

Kalash (Pot) with Coconut and Mango leaves handpainted in the style of Mithila / Madhubani painting. The design is decorated with motifs of Fish, Shankh, Lotus (Kamal), Diya (earthen lamp), flowers and leaves etc in border and background. When I thought of a painting for the front entrance I thought of the auspicious Kalash with…

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Wall Painting in Mithila Marriage

This is a part of wall painting made in Mithila village during a marriage. Theme: Ram and Sita Swayamwar. In the Mithila region there has been a tradition to decorate walls during marriages and various other ceremonies with handmade paintings. Now with concrete walls are painted with white limestone (Chuna). So the base is white…

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Tote Bag (Fabric) printed with Mithila Painting

Tote Bag made of cloth has been printed in the motifs of Mithila / Madhubani Painting Sun motif in digitally created Mithila Painting was printed on the tote bag with the use of the screen printing technique of printing.  I wanted to to keep the design simple but stylish so for a change had to…

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Wine Glass handpainted in Mithila Painting (Sun) (Decor Item)

Wine glass handpainted with motifs inspired from Mithila / Madhubani Painting.   Sun motif features on main part of the glass with Shankh and Lotus motifs on top border and base respectively  in this creation inspired from Mithila Art. Moving from my other recent works on glass, I went bit conventional in my choice of colours…

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