wall painting

Moving from place to place with their belongings in bundles, people seek pasture or water or a place to live in peace. Emmanuel Atiemoh Yeboah depicts them in silhouette in this handsome work of art. He works in oils on calico, adding cutouts of batik cloth for their gowns, and framing it with tweneboa wood.

Artisan Vidushini crafts a cheerful and charming journal from handmade paper, adorned with traditional Madhubani art depicting a colorful peacock. Madhubani painting was traditionally done by women on freshly plastered mud walls and floors of huts, but are now also done on cloth, handmade paper and canvas. Madhubani paintings mostly depict the beauty of nature and scenes from the ancient epics. Natural objects like the sun, the moon, animals and plants are also widely painted, along with scenes from the royal court. Traditionally, this style of painting was one of the skills passed down from generation to generation in families of the Mithila Region. The spiral-bound journal features 40 unlined pages.

Artisan Vidushini crafts a cheerful and charming journal from handmade paper, adorned with traditional Madhubani art depicting colorful fish. Madhubani painting was traditionally done by women on freshly plastered mud walls and floors of huts, but are now also done on cloth, handmade paper and canvas. Madhubani paintings mostly depict the beauty of nature and scenes from the ancient epics. Natural objects like the sun, the moon, animals and plants are also widely painted, along with scenes from the royal court. Traditionally, this style of painting was one of the skills passed down from generation to generation in families of the Mithila Region. The spiral-bound journal features 40 unlined pages.

Emmanuel Atiemoh Yeboah celebrates the spirit of cooperation that prevails in West African families where even the children help out. He depicts a young woman who leans lovingly toward her three youngsters. All carry bowls or baskets on their heads as they walk home from the market. Yeboah works in oils on calico, adding cutouts of batik cloth for the gowns and turbans. Other details, such as grass, are created with pen and ink. The composition arrives in a frame of tweneboa wood.

Shown in silhouette, a graceful woman balances two coconuts on her head and holds three more in her hands. Emmanuel Atiemoh Yeboa portrays her in oils on calico cotton, adding cutouts of batik for her dress. The composition arrives in a frame of ceiba wood.

Cradled in his mother's shawl, a baby basks in her love. Yeboah works in oils on cotton calico to depict the pair, adding cutouts of batik cloth and framing his composition with ceiba wood.

A handsome maharajah in royal attire offers a blossom on the cover of this journal from Vidushini in India. The artisan paints the front cover by hand in the traditional Madhubani folk art style, which was once used to adorn the walls and floors of a home. The journal is made of handmade paper and features 40 unlined pages and a spiral binding.

Featuring handwoven areas with open spaces, this composition is inspired and original. The technique has been passed down through generations of Mexico's Otomi people, and carried on by Edgar Trejo. He works with vegetable dye on handmade amate, or tree bark paper, which takes several days to procure through a complex process. Amate was a sacred material for the Aztec and Mayan peoples, historically used to write down and chronicle important events and trade, even serving as the bridge between the mortal and the spiritual worlds during religious ceremonies. According to Otomi traditions, the bark used to produce amate can only be extracted from a tree during certain parts of the lunar cycle, indicating the high level of respect held toward nature. With a freehand geometric floral design, this folk art painting is full of history. A spiral shape twirls in the center.