Dubai:
An Indian artist specialising in Tanjore painting has used the classical South Indian painting style to depict traditional Omani jewellery.
Muscat-based Kavitha Ramakrishna has brought alive the beauty of Omani traditional jewellery through her works.
Tanjore painting is an art form dating back from centuries and the beauty and artistic richness of traditional Omani jewellery inspired Kavitha to take up this venture.
"I wanted to put these beautiful artefacts on canvas using vivid colours and compact composition used in Tanjore paintings," Kavitha was quoted as saying by Times of Oman.
She said that being an ardent connoisseur of Tanjore paintings, she would like to dedicate her latest work to the people of Oman.
"All the recently completed works will be presented to select Omani institutions as part of a goodwill gesture," Kavitha said.
The ancient art form from Tanjore, dating back to 1600 AD has been popularised by Kavitha in Muscat.
"I have been practising this art form for the last 10 years and have taught it to interested learners in Muscat," she said.
Kavitha who has close to 75 paintings to her credit, recently exhibited her art at the Indian Embassy in Oman.
Inspired by the cultural unity that existed between Oman and India, she had dedicated one of her paintings to the Maitha bin Saif Al Mahrouqi, undersecretary, Ministry of Tourism, Oman government.
"She was the driving force behind my latest Tanjore works. It takes close to two months to complete one painting. Gold sheet and semi-precious stones are one of the key materials used for this art," Kavita said.