Gouache & 24k gold leaf on grey mount board
84cm x 60cm (A1)
Unframed
£1,500 (+p&p from Thailand)
This painting took me just over 2 weeks to complete, due to the level of detail involved.
Each of the figures measures around 15.5 cm in height.
Heavily influenced by my time in Afghanistan, this painting displays the colour and sartorial elegance of the Afghans, as well as their diversity in physical appearance. I have aimed to depict characteristics typical of ethnic Pashtuns, Hazaras, Turkmen, Uzbeks, Tajiks, Qizilbash, Nooristanis, Pashais, Seyyeds and Arabs - all of whom may call themselves Afghans.
The striking chapan coat is popular in northern Afghanistan and Central Asia, and I have used a bit of artistic licence by incorporating elements from traditional Indo-Persian miniature paintings. The turbans show the different styles and colours one sees around Afghanistan.
However...One of the coats in this painting is not, in fact, a chapan. Can you spot it?
Gouache & 24k gold leaf on grey mount board
84cm x 60cm (A1)
Unframed
£1,500 (+p&p from Thailand)
This painting took me just over 2 weeks to complete, due to the level of detail involved.
Each of the figures measures around 15.5 cm in height.
Heavily influenced by my time in Afghanistan, this painting displays the colour and sartorial elegance of the Afghans, as well as their diversity in physical appearance. I have aimed to depict characteristics typical of ethnic Pashtuns, Hazaras, Turkmen, Uzbeks, Tajiks, Qizilbash, Nooristanis, Pashais, Seyyeds and Arabs - all of whom may call themselves Afghans.
The striking chapan coat is popular in northern Afghanistan and Central Asia, and I have used a bit of artistic licence by incorporating elements from traditional Indo-Persian miniature paintings. The turbans show the different styles and colours one sees around Afghanistan.
However...One of the coats in this painting is not, in fact, a chapan. Can you spot it?
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