So we all settled in the shade of a tree that day, and with the help of Santosh (and the electronic translator in our phones!…), we finally came up with a plan together: buying a number of paintings at a fixed base price, and for each sale subsequently made in Europe, remunerate the talent of the artists at its fair value, hoping that in the long term the project will provide them with a regular income…
Of course this plan required a good dose of trust and honesty, but all the artists were ready to take the risk, or to seize the chance…
I spent the rest of this day amazed by the talent and passion of these painters, through hundreds of works competing in beauty and poetry, with the difficult mission of selecting a limited number… (At the end of the day, the “limited number” had overflowed considerably!…) In order to be fair, at least one work from each artist was selected for the European adventure…
We left the village with heavy hearts, but filled with hope and enthusiasm for the Gondartindia project. When I left, I made a promise to come back next year for a longer stay… I am thirsty to learn more words, recipes and dance steps and to immerse myself in the Gond culture, this style of life imbued with gond painting simplicity and nature, so far from our so-called “civilized” world…
2020…
At home, in Ireland,…9 months later…
The covid has changed and above all slowed down our project, but our enthusiasm is still intact, as is our desire to share with you all our passion for Gond art.
We regretfully had to cancel the exhibition planned to launch the project, but we put our hearts into this website and we are finally ready to launch online sales!
By buying one of these original paintings you will bring considerable support to the artist and his family, but also you will participate in safeguarding the Gond culture, where artistic expression has always been an integral part of daily life…
For this, we are extremely grateful to you.
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