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War some traditional rituals to overcome the illness and witchcrafts etc. in order to find the remedy for those problems, they draw pictures to please their gods and goddesses with God. These paintings will be cultural heritage of Warli tribe executed mainly on walls of t marriages. daughter as a custom, later men also joined in later times. They use brown clay and i people have to face many problems and illness. They always follow Goud (2004) Chiefly they have developed this culture to have harmony he homes of Warli tribe during the occasion of harvest seasons and These paintings are practicing by women transfer from mother to rice paste not depict for their paintings on walls. Unlike other traditions, the Warli painters do any themes form mythology but the scenes from their life and immediate surroundings. Figure 1 we _. «4 Figure 1 Elements of Warli art from the painting of Minakashi Vasudev (Warli Painter), Maharashtra. Source Picture by Minakshi Vasudev

Figure 1 War some traditional rituals to overcome the illness and witchcrafts etc. in order to find the remedy for those problems, they draw pictures to please their gods and goddesses with God. These paintings will be cultural heritage of Warli tribe executed mainly on walls of t marriages. daughter as a custom, later men also joined in later times. They use brown clay and i people have to face many problems and illness. They always follow Goud (2004) Chiefly they have developed this culture to have harmony he homes of Warli tribe during the occasion of harvest seasons and These paintings are practicing by women transfer from mother to rice paste not depict for their paintings on walls. Unlike other traditions, the Warli painters do any themes form mythology but the scenes from their life and immediate surroundings. Figure 1 we _. «4 Figure 1 Elements of Warli art from the painting of Minakashi Vasudev (Warli Painter), Maharashtra. Source Picture by Minakshi Vasudev

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Figure 2 Tarpa Dance by Minakshi Vasu Dev (Warli Painter) at National workshop (2022). Source Picture by Minakshi Vasudev
Figure 2 Tarpa Dance by Minakshi Vasu Dev (Warli Painter) at National workshop (2022). Source Picture by Minakshi Vasudev
Figure 3 A Marriage Painting by Minakshi Vasudev (Warli painter) Acrylics on canvass (2022 Source Picture by Minakshi Vasudev Caukat is the most striking feature of Warli art. Caukat is a dazzling square consists of triangles, diagonals, polygons and other geometric shapes and patterns (Figure 3). It is always rendered in the centre space of the painting. Within this caukat goddess named Palaghat Goddess (the Goddess of trees and plants) which also treated as symbol for creative energy. The literal meaning of Palaghat is a pot over flowering with plants. Marriage rituals do not take place without painting of Palaghat goddess. It is believed these goddesses will protect bride and bride groom from evil spirits and bless with fertility. Each and every element inscribed in caukat drawing is connected to their life and geography and immediate surroundings. A married woman called as “suvasini” has to do paintings. The process of painting is one of most important ceremony done in one day prior to the marriage.
Figure 3 A Marriage Painting by Minakshi Vasudev (Warli painter) Acrylics on canvass (2022 Source Picture by Minakshi Vasudev Caukat is the most striking feature of Warli art. Caukat is a dazzling square consists of triangles, diagonals, polygons and other geometric shapes and patterns (Figure 3). It is always rendered in the centre space of the painting. Within this caukat goddess named Palaghat Goddess (the Goddess of trees and plants) which also treated as symbol for creative energy. The literal meaning of Palaghat is a pot over flowering with plants. Marriage rituals do not take place without painting of Palaghat goddess. It is believed these goddesses will protect bride and bride groom from evil spirits and bless with fertility. Each and every element inscribed in caukat drawing is connected to their life and geography and immediate surroundings. A married woman called as “suvasini” has to do paintings. The process of painting is one of most important ceremony done in one day prior to the marriage.
Figure 4 Warli painter Kusum Kharpade at National workshop (2022) at Yogi Vemana University Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh. Wall painting is the simplest medium for tribal art contains geometric shape: mostly such as birds, animals silhouette forms of simplified human figures as rendered as match sticks. They mostly appear on the walls and floors. The custom of painting on walls or floor is connected to the occasion. Every year they whitewash their huts and create new designs. The walls of the mud huts serve as backgrounc as a readymade surface for the decoration in which they combine both representational and decorative quality images. Field activities and marriage scenes are most common themes among these communities. Figure 4
Figure 4 Warli painter Kusum Kharpade at National workshop (2022) at Yogi Vemana University Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh. Wall painting is the simplest medium for tribal art contains geometric shape: mostly such as birds, animals silhouette forms of simplified human figures as rendered as match sticks. They mostly appear on the walls and floors. The custom of painting on walls or floor is connected to the occasion. Every year they whitewash their huts and create new designs. The walls of the mud huts serve as backgrounc as a readymade surface for the decoration in which they combine both representational and decorative quality images. Field activities and marriage scenes are most common themes among these communities. Figure 4
In 1966 during severe drought, the All-India Handicrafts Board has sent artis! Bhaskar Kulakarni to Mithla to encourage women to paint the same motifs on paper that they painted on walls and floors previously thus enabling them to sell thei! artwork to increase augments their family income Singh and Poovaih (2012). In the early 70’s he came to Warli tribe and taught them also how to make their paintings more substantial. He taught them to paint on canvasses, clothes, paper, and othe material and to use paint brushes instead of using twigs to paint, which gave thei! painting crisper and firmer look. He introduced synthetic colours to their paintings which made it more durable and brighter. Instead of using rice paste, he made therr to use poster colours and fabric colours. Many Contemporary artists were inspirec towards tribal art forms in their artistic process. To adopt modernity, simplificatior of form, tribal figuration has given clues to the abstraction. The same happened ir the case of Paul Gaugin and Pablo Picasso. Jamini Roy is the best example to draw the inspiration from tribal art. Artists like Ramkinker Baij, JSwaminadhan, Madhav Pharekh are prominent painters who adopted the character of Tribal Paintings Figure 5. Rioura = Figure 5 Warli Artist Meenakshi Vasudev at Tribal Workshop (2022) at Yogi Vemana University Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh. Source Picture by Mr. Ch. Annalachari
In 1966 during severe drought, the All-India Handicrafts Board has sent artis! Bhaskar Kulakarni to Mithla to encourage women to paint the same motifs on paper that they painted on walls and floors previously thus enabling them to sell thei! artwork to increase augments their family income Singh and Poovaih (2012). In the early 70’s he came to Warli tribe and taught them also how to make their paintings more substantial. He taught them to paint on canvasses, clothes, paper, and othe material and to use paint brushes instead of using twigs to paint, which gave thei! painting crisper and firmer look. He introduced synthetic colours to their paintings which made it more durable and brighter. Instead of using rice paste, he made therr to use poster colours and fabric colours. Many Contemporary artists were inspirec towards tribal art forms in their artistic process. To adopt modernity, simplificatior of form, tribal figuration has given clues to the abstraction. The same happened ir the case of Paul Gaugin and Pablo Picasso. Jamini Roy is the best example to draw the inspiration from tribal art. Artists like Ramkinker Baij, JSwaminadhan, Madhav Pharekh are prominent painters who adopted the character of Tribal Paintings Figure 5. Rioura = Figure 5 Warli Artist Meenakshi Vasudev at Tribal Workshop (2022) at Yogi Vemana University Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh. Source Picture by Mr. Ch. Annalachari