Daringbadi Day

Title - Daringbadi Day
Size - 15 x 22 inch
Medium - Watercolor on paper
Photo by - Satyesh Naik

Once again my friend posted a nice write up in his blog with some great photographs and I was inspired again. The place is Daringbadi in western Odisha. This is the only place in Odisha that receives some kind of snowfall during winter. The people here live from and with the forest. This is a typical setup for a house whereby it would stand in the middle of a field near a Sal or a mango tree. Pumpkins are generally grown on the roof of the house while papaya is grown just outside the house. Such great eco-friendly living.

Karlapat

Title - Karlapat

Size - 22 x 15 inch

Medium - Watercolor on paper

This painting is done from a photograph taken by Satyesh and is inspired from this post by him. Karlapat is a wildlife sanctuary in Kalahandi district of Orissa or Odisha (new official spelling). I really enjoyed this post and wanted to paint something that would capture the feel of dense forests of Karlapat resonating with the music of streams. To be honest I thought I was not successful in doing that, but Satyesh said he liked it. Since he is the person who had been there and taken the picture I thought I'll share it.