Welcome to Masters Blessings
Art and Painting is something about it, that has the power to touch and transform us.
I bring to you this beautiful history in the form of my paintings.
This work on Ajanta and Ellora Caves is devoted to my father and artist Late SHAMBHU PRASAD BAUKHANDI who devoted his services of 30 long years in reproduction of Ajanta and Ellora caves paintings.
I bring to you this beautiful history in the form of my paintings.
This work on Ajanta and Ellora Caves is devoted to my father and artist Late SHAMBHU PRASAD BAUKHANDI who devoted his services of 30 long years in reproduction of Ajanta and Ellora caves paintings.
About the Artist
Myself, Dinesh Baukhandi.
I was born in a small village of Uttrakhand named “Saur”. I started painting as a hobby and since 18 years I have been working on Ajanta paintings.
The special UNIQUE technique I use to paint the paintings helps to make the paintings come alive in front of us.
History
Ajanta, a world famous Buddhist rock cut caves, temples and monasteries and with unique wall paintings. The caves were cut out of granite cliffs in horse- shoe shape. Below the caves flows the river Wagurna. The caves are located 105 km northeast of the city Aurangabad, Maharashtra. About 30 caves were excavated are of two types, caityas (“sanctuaries”) where the monks used for chanting prayers and viharas (“monasteries”) for living. These paintings depict colorful Buddhist legends and divinities.
The Ajanta Cave paintings are from 200 BC to 600 AD the earliest and most important wall paintings in India. The process of painting involved several stages. First, the rock surface was chiseled to make it rough enough to hold a plaster made of clay, hay, dung and lime over a clay under-layer. While the plaster was still wet, the drawings were outlined and the colors applied.
The wet plaster had the capacity to soak up the color so that the color became a part of the surface and would not peel off or decay easily. The colors were referred to as ‘earth colors’ or ‘vegetable colors.’ Various kinds of stones, minerals, and plants were used in combinations to prepare different colors. The paint brushes used to create the artwork were made from animal hair and twigs.
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