Saturday, December 29, 2012
Friday, December 28, 2012
Colorful Lilies growing out of a small Plant
Lilium (members of which are true lilies) is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large prominent flowers.
Lilies are an important group of flowering plants and are important in culture and literature in much of the world. Most species are native to the temperate northern hemisphere, though their range and extends into northern subtropics.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Monday, December 24, 2012
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Friday, December 21, 2012
Hummingbird amongst Colorful Flowers
This is yet another colorful glass painting of a bird sitting amongst flowers. The bird with a bright orange body with colorful wings and tail of blue, violet and red, is seemed to be sitting in a pose humming beautiful tunes.
Bright colored flowers decorates the top of the branches along with a few green leaves spreading here and there.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Woman Posing in a Traditional Dress
The glass painting depicts the pose of an Indian woman wearing a traditional dress with a garland of flowers in her hair.
The painting has been done on a frosted glass and bound with a golden fiber frame. Bright orange and green shades of glass paints contribute the major part of the woman's attire.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Glass Painting of Multi-Colored Tulips
The tulip is a perennial, bulbous plant with showy flowers in the genus Tulipa, of which up to 109 species have been described and which belongs to the family Liliaceae.
The genus's native range extends from as far west as Southern Europe, Israel, North Africa, Anatolia, and Iran to the Northwest of China.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Traditional Indian Girl Posing in a Brown Dress
These days glass painting merely signifies painting colorful designs and images onto glass window and/or door panels.
Moreover, the idea of glass painting can also be diversified into painting portraits, figures, scenery and landscapes just like traditional painting methods but using glass paints instead.
Monday, December 17, 2012
Shakuntala in a Garden with her pet Deer
The legend of the exquisitely beautiful Shakuntala and the mighty king Dushyant is a thrilling love story from the epic Mahabharata, which the great ancient poet Kalidasa retold in his immortal play Abhijnanashakuntalam.
The painting here depicts the beautiful Shakuntala sitting below a tree. Her favorite pet deer sneaks from her behind.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Love Birds on a Tree Branch
A Lovebird is one of nine species of the genus Agapornis. They are a social and affectionate small parrot.
Their name stems from the parrots' strong, monogamous pair bonding and the long periods which paired birds spend sitting together. Lovebirds live in small flocks and eat fruit, vegetables, grasses and seed.
Friday, December 14, 2012
Woman Offering Prayer to the Almighty
This painting symbolizes the image of a traditional woman getting ready for her offerings to the Almighty.
The woman, dressed in a bright royal blue dress and a golden yellow veil with glittered decorations, is seen posing with her puja thali to offer to the Almighty. The painting is done on a frosted glass.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Glittered Radha Krishna on Glass
The Radha-Krishna amour is a love legend of all times. It's indeed hard to miss the many legends and paintings illustrating Krishna's love affairs, of which the Radha-Krishna affair is the most memorable.
Here one such moment has been captured as a glitter painting on glass. The painting has been accomplished with shades of glitter as the main media.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Monday, December 10, 2012
Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair...
"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair, so that I may climb the golden stair." - This phrase is almost an idiom of popular culture.
Rapunzel is a fairy tale title character originating in Europe, well known from the collections of the brothers Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (the Brothers Grimm).
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Indian Traditional Woman in an Embroidered Dress
The painting depicts the image of a beautiful woman in a highly decorative traditional dress. Bright shades of magenta, orange and blue glass paints have been used in the painting.
Decors in metallic golden and bronze shades along with maroon and green glass colors highlight the painting with meenakari works.
Decors in metallic golden and bronze shades along with maroon and green glass colors highlight the painting with meenakari works.
Friday, December 7, 2012
Bright Shaded Transparent Peacock on Glass
The male of the Peafowl species is known as the peacock. The Peacock is designated as the national bird of the Indian sub-continent.
The peacock has iridescent blue-green or green colored plumage. The peacock tail is not the tail quill feathers but the highly elongated upper tail covert feathers.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Shakuntala with a Deer in a Glass Painting
In Hinduism Shakuntala is the wife of Dushyanta and the mother of Emperor Bharata. Her story is told in the Mahabaratha and dramatized by Kalidasa in his play Abhijnanasakuntala (The Sign of Shakuntala).
Shakuntala was very fond of her pet deer. In mythology, Shakuntala & her deer is almost inseparable.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
My Fair Lady Glass Painting
This glass painting depicts the portrait of an English Lady wearing a blue scarf and a fashionable hat.
The painting has been brought to life mixing similar shades of glass paints in each portion of the image.
The painting has been brought to life mixing similar shades of glass paints in each portion of the image.
The bright and colorful hat of the lady matches the leafy floral decoration of the surrounding.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Glass Painting of a Girl with a Flute
The painting represents the image of a traditional Indian girl posing with a flute in her hands.
The main attraction of this painting is the intricate embroidery works on the woman's colorful traditional dress. The use of the metallic colors for the minute embroidery works generates an elegant look in the glass painting.
The main attraction of this painting is the intricate embroidery works on the woman's colorful traditional dress. The use of the metallic colors for the minute embroidery works generates an elegant look in the glass painting.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Girl Posing with a Peacock
This is a glass painting of a woman in a glittered green and pink dress sitting alongside a peacock.
Metallic gold glass liner and golden glitter has been used for the motif works of the woman's dress. The ornaments has been done using metallic gold glass liner only. Shades of blue, green and yellow glass paints has been used for painting the peacock.