This intricate Surpur painting depicts Krishna Bhagavan, featuring elaborate ornamental detailing and flowing decorative lines. Fine white line work defines the figure’s attire, jewellery, and facial features, while subtle golden accents enhance the composition against a striking black background. The surrounding swirling patterns and layered motifs create a sense of movement and visual depth, reflecting the artist’s distinctive interpretation of Indian spiritual imagery through Surpur painting. This artwork makes a meaningful addition to art collections and interiors inspired by Indian culture and traditional art.
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0.00 x 12.00 x 16.00 Inch
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Surpur painting
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Painting
About the seller
Krishnaprakash Martand
Krishnaprakash Vasant Artist
- Krishnaprakash Vasant Martand, born on 11/05/1979, hails from Gulbarga, Karnataka. He was, in March 2012, one of twelve artists from across India to partake in a four-week long residency program at NIV Art Centre, New Delhi. The program, mentored and curated by Anoop Kamath, culminated in an exhibition titled 'Scene (Un)Seen' at the Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. - A few art galleries that carry his work in India are NIV Art Centre, New Delhi, Moksh Art Gallery, Mumbai, Hasta Gallery, Bangalore, Studio Palazzo, Chennai. - He specializes in ink and paper 'line art' that features for the large part abstract, heavily ornamented gods and goddesses drawn primarily from Indian mythology. - Unlike the famed Surpur miniature paintings which his work has a passing resemblance to, and which he claims as a big influence, he uses clean lines in the service of a revisionist, contemporary, whimsical reimagining of the characters that dot the ancient Indian...
