Chall mele nu chaliye-Punjabi Folk Painting is a beautiful HANDMADE painting of Punjabi festivals. It is made of acrylic colors and tries to celebrate the various festive celebrations of Punjab. Therefore it is an important day.
These are observed by punjabi people and the diaspora Punjabi community found worldwide and Vaisakhi being very important festival to them. Because it is also known as harvest festival. “If I close my eyes, I see things better than with my eyes open and I must have flowers, always, and always.”, says Gurdish.
The artist himself says,“I spray the sky fast of festivals. Eyes ahead and behind. Looking for crops. Looking for anyone I don’t want to be here. Paint sails and the things that kick in my head scream from can to brick. See this, see this. See me emptied onto them.”
“I am seeking and striving. They say I am in colors of Punjab with all my heart because my paintings sing the folk of punjab along the dhol and daff .”,proclaims Gurdish.
Concluding it all he states even,” “It is not the language of artist but the language of colors which one should listen to, the feeling for the Punjab themselves, for reality, is more important than the feeling for pictures.”
ho raunak hoju ghatt ve,
chal mele nu chaliye,
malla kadd kurta de vatt ve,
Chall mele nu chaliye-Punjabi Folk Painting
