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About Village Life
The warlis extremely rudimentary paintings uses a circle, a triangle and a square. The circle and triangle come from their observation of nature, the circle representing the sun and the moon, the triangle derived from mountains and pointed trees. Only the square seems to obey a different logic and seems to be a human invention, indicating a sacred enclosure or a piece of land. Human and animal bodies are represented by two triangles joined at the tip; the upper triangle depicts the trunk and the lower triangle the pelvis. Their precarious equilibrium symbolizes the balance of the universe. The central motif in these ritual paintings is surrounded by scenes portraying hunting, fishing and farming, festivals and dances, trees and animals. Water the life source has been beautifully employed to create negative spaces to talk about the daily lives of the village folks in this art. Whether it is farming, fishing or just taking care of daily chores, all have a part to play in this uniquely simple art tradition by rendering pared down pictorial language in white geometric designs of circles, squares and triangles.Careful attention is given to show a variety of trees which are drawn in great details forming decorative patterns. Animals are also shown in action giving the painting vibrancy and movement.
