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Well, after a real long time, I am back with lots of paintings in stock! :) The first among those is the acrylics on canvas. The acrylic painting is of Maa Durga, means " the powerful". She is known to be fighting with demons and brings end to evil. Her victory is celebrated as Navratri for nine days.

Navratri festival is already going on and what could be better time then to paint the goddess of power, Durga Maa. 

I made this acrylic painting of Gadariya a few weeks back but was unable to post. We met him on our way to Abhaneri. His photo for reference is below....

Gadariya or Shepherds are the people who earn their living by cattles.

This man had some personality and the attitude which attracted me to paint his portrait.

                               The close-up face of the painting..

                                     Another angle of the painting.. 

                               Completed acrylic painting of Gadariya.. 

Base:Canvas

Made Using: Acrylic Colors

Status: For Sale

I was planning this for a long time and finally made it after much changes. The photograph of person selling Ektara was taken in Jaisalmer by my husband, Bhavesh. The actual photograph is given below...

I made few changes which can be seen in my completed painting.

The ektara was a regular string instrument of wandering bards and minstrels from India and is plucked with one finger.

The ektara usually has a stretched single string, an animal skin over a head (made of dried pumpkin/gourd, wood or coconut) and pole neck or split bamboo cane neck.(source: Wikipedia)

The final completed painting...