Apsara 'The Nymph' Batik PaintingThe heavenly sensual beauty and gorgeous attraction come alive in the spectacular Batik painting. One of the most celebrated painting styles in India; this genre of painting celebrates the glory of colour and gaiety. Batik paintings are mostly centered on West Bengal, Orissa and Tamil Nadu in India and are known for their originality, uniqueness and finesse. Batik is the art of creating images on the cotton cloth using wax resist method. According to

Size : 30" x 23"

Dhokra is a crafting tradition associated mainly with the tribal groups of northern India

Batik is one of the most popular forms of painting in the country and the method of waxing and dewaxing engenders special beauty on such painting

ORIGIN: INDIA

Lambodara (the huge bellied Lord)

The artist has made use of the pen and natural dyes on fabrice quite impressive manner

People follow the age-old tradition of swinging in the rains and perform traditional dance

The spectacular Batik painting depicts two village women engaged in gossips on their way to fetch water from the village well

the animals all have been treated with equal sense of urgency

Nataraja's face

The method of waxing and then dewaxing also adds some beauty in the painting

but not as common as onyx with banded colors