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.

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 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.

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.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Indian Woman with a Veena

The glass painting depicts the image of an Indian traditional woman playing a rudra veena (a typical Indian musical instrument).

Bright shades of glass paints have been applied in order to make the overall painting glamorous. The painting has been framed using a sleek golden-maroon fiber frame.