'Angry Goddess Durga'

by NOVICA

Product Features

• Handmade by Devendra Kumar Jha and Family
• Ships from Brazil within 15 days
• Color(s) may vary slightly
• Arrives unframed
• Signed by the artist

Product Details

• Item Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• ASIN: B000BGON8S
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,245,546 in Home & Kitchen (See Top 100 in Home & Kitchen)

Product Description

NOVICA, in association with National Geographic, searches the world to work directly with the finest artisan designers. Durga, another form of the goddess Kali, rides a lion in this colorful Madhubani painting. In one hand, she holds the head of a demon while in the other she carries spiritual weapons. Devendra Kumar Jha depicts the deity in her destructive form using crushed wet rice and natural colors on handmade paper. As each painting is an individual creation, each is unique. Colors and motifs may vary slightly from that pictured. Artisan Info: "I was born in 1969 in Jitwarpur, Bihar - an eastern state in India. My mother, who is a state award winner in Madhubani, the painting style that I use, was my mentor. Under her supervision and guidance I have emerged as an artist capable of creating these paintings. "In this school of art we do not make preliminary sketches, nor is our work planned. We simply pick up our brushes and create. A vivid and creative imagination is essential in this style of art, for while motifs may be similar, no two paintings will ever be found to be the same." Mithila, (in Bihar) is a scholastic and cultural center in India that traces its lineage of arts from epic times. Mithila paintings - alternately called Madhubani paintings - are a folk tradition kept alive by women in northern Bihar. They depict events from epic, mythology and traditional designs on their floors and walls of their houses using crushed wet rice and natural colours. From this