Gond - Painting & Artwork

Gond is one of the largest known tribes in India. Their art form is believed to be about 1400 years old. They use lines and dots extensively in their paintings, filled with bright colours to celebrate the mystery of nature and life in its togetherness. The compositions are very intricate symmetrical forms of birds and animals placed next to each other, many uniformly sized birds or animals contrasted by an oversized tree or another being by its side, a single tree, animal or a bird with one feature like horns, necks or leaves oversized, sometimes you will see animals placed within animals.