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Chaiwala Print
Preeti Agrawal
Paper print
12”h x 16”w
Often, life’s pleasures are simple and humble, but their significance and meaning to us is beyond value. To me, one of these pleasures is chai: even if it’s from a street vendor in India, the feeling it gives me is divine. This simple everyday scene also reminds one of the simplicity of life - no one is in a rush, and the two customers are leisurely drinking chai and having a conversation. In the background is the Chaiwala, endlessly pouring the fresh, hot tea for his customers!
Madhubani is an ancient Indian folk art form that originated in the Mithila (Present-day Bihar) region of the country. It is said to be a 2,500 year old art form.
Get to Know the Austin Artist:
I am Preeti Agrawal, a passionate Austin-based watercolor artist, avid crafter and social media blogger. While I enjoy painting many subjects, I find my passion in painting antique objects, and specifically doors from many times and places. To me they are not mere entrances to buildings but a physical embodiment of many different people, times, and places. Each one of these doors presents their own personality and history to me and by painting them, I feel I am simultaneously able to open their world to me and pay homage to their lives and histories.
