NOVICA and Sterling Artwork

Featuring a body of cotton with a traditional kente print, an African elephant centers this painting by Ghanaian artist K. Baka. He paints the elephant's head with dot motifs in tones of black and brown. This painting is executed on card stock with a red border.

Rounding a curve, a country lane opens onto a dramatic vista of Lake Atitlan. Bonifacio Maxia Cutzal depicts the serene waters of the deep, cold lake set in the crater of an extinct volcano.

Titled "Camino al lago de AtitlAn" in Spanish.

• Dimension - 6" H x 8" W x 0.5" D
• Weight - 0.19
• Color - Primary or Jewel Colors
• Stretched
• Arrives unframed
• Signed by the artist
• Central America

Indian artisan Gopal Khaitan presents this luxurious area rug, hand-tufted of wool in the style of Persian artistry. In tones of brown and green, intricate floral designs are diligently realized over the rectangular body of this rug, crafted over a cotton back.

Ghanaian artist Emmanuel Atiemoh Yeboah designs and creates this beautiful piece of artwork using a variety of media and methods. Yeboah creates the likeness of an African mask on calico cloth, a rustic, unrefined cotton fabric. Then, a blend of oil paint and batik patterns is applied to cardstock in a ceiba wood frame, achieving a multi-layered, dimensional and eye-catching piece of artwork that reflects the culture and vivid colors of West Africa.

Product Features

• Signed by the artist
• 18.75" H x 12.75" W x 0.8" D
• Oil paints on cotton, cardstock, ceiba wood frame
• Multicolor

Working in the traditional Madhubani style, Vidushini in India paints this composition of two colorful fish swimming in opposite directions. Originating in Bihar, Madhubani painting was originally done to decorate the walls and floors of homes. The original painting is rendered in acrylic paints on handmade paper.

Crescents play about a woman's face, caressing her cheeks and forming her features. She closes her eyes, while ruby lips bring vibrant color to an abstract portrait. "I always depict women with their eyes closed," Jacira Baptista says of this elegant pen and ink design. "The moon represents a dreamy woman, the liberty of a dream come to life, exhibiting life in each phase of its cycle." Titled "A Sonhadora - Mulher Lua" in Portuguese.

• Part of a limited edition.
• Material - Ink on card
• Color - Black or Gray
• Dimension - 12.75" W x 19" H
• Weight - 0.15 lbs
• Signed by the artist
• Arrives unframed
• Mat included

Adding a touch of nature's glory to your home decor, this folk art painting by Devendra Kumar Jha and Family depicts an intricate school of fish in black and white. This painting is executed in the traditional style of Madhubani art, originating in the Mithila region of India and typically reserved for women.

Proudly wearing traditional kente cloth, a drummer dances as he pounds out a welcome cadence on his drum. Emmanuel Atiemoh Yeboa portrays him in oils on calico, adding colorful fabric cutouts. Original and beautiful, it provides a glimpse of contemporary life in West Africa. The composition arrives in a frame of tweneboa wood.

• Dimension - 13.5" W x 19.25" H
• Weight - 0.9
• Color - Bright
• Signed by the artist
• Arrives framed
• West Africa

Newly married, a blushing bride and her handsome groom are in a palanquin on their way to his place surrounded by friends and family, as well as the palanquin bearers. Parboni Ghosh joins this festive occasion with this celebratory Madhubani painting featuring a dancing peacock and gorgeous flowers against a red background.
Madhubani or Mithila paintings is millenary painting style that has been preserved by women in northern Bihar. They draw traditional designs and depict events from epic mythology on the floors and walls of their houses. Themes revolve around religious themes, humans, deities, animals, birds and flowers thus showing the perfect harmony between humankind and their environment.

• Material - Poster and water colors on handmade paper
• Color - Red
• Dimension - 25" L x 14.25" W
• Weight - 0.11 lbs
• Signed by the artist
• Arrives unframed
• Limited edition

The silhouette of a Nigerian Fulani woman balances a gourd filled with milk atop her head, with a child strapped to her back in this folk art painting. Atop her head rests an artistically-portrayed calabash gourd filled with milk. Ghanaian artist Emmanuel Yeboah creates this fantastic composition using oil paint on tri-colored batik calico cloth. The painting arrives with a ceiba wood frame.

• Dimension :-13" W x 28.5" H x 0.8" D
• Weight :-1.19 lbs
• Material :-Oil And Batik On Calico, Ceiba Wood Frame
• Color :-Primary or Jewel Colors
• Signed by the artist
• Arrives framed
• Each work features slight variations that make it unique

Bold black and white distinguish the doctor. A classic character born of the 16th century Italian commedia dell'arte, the doctor's nose is long enough to thrust into a bottle of perfume, as he spends his time among the fetid odors of the sickroom. Marcelio Barroco molds the mask from leather and paints it by hand; his signature is a symbol. The adjustable bands close with Velcro.

This original piece of wall art is the creation of West African artisan Emmanuel Atiemoh Yeboah. Using calico cotton cloth, the artist prepares the image and sprinkles the background in red and blue oil paint. He uses a batik method to depict the mask, adorning it with deep, coral red circles for maximum impact.

Perched in a leafy tree, two colorful birds welcome the new day. Flowers surround them as they sing a morning song. Vidushini works in the Madhubani style, painting on handmade paper. 'The morning hours in the village are often marked by birds chirping in a tree and this is what I tried to convey,' she says.

• Dimension :-12.5" W x 19.75" H
• Weight :-0.11 lbs
• Material :-Acrylic On Handmade Paper
• Color :-Primary or Jewel Colors
• Signed by the artist
• Arrives unframed

A bright peacock spreads its wings and takes flight in this fantastical Madhubani painting from India's Vidushini. Created with acrylic on handmade paper, the work mesmerizes with vivid hues of red, blue, yellow, and turquoise painted in clean, graphic lines. A lovely floral motif surrounds the bird, creating the impression of a window or a door. Madhubani paintings originated in Bihar, India, where they were used to adorn walls and floors of homes and other buildings.

For Mexican artist, Mariana GonzAlez, muralist Diego Rivera was a strong influence on her work. Yet she demonstrates her own style with this exquisite triptych. Scarlet tulips slowly lift their heads toward the sun in a work of exceptional realism.

Titled "Tulipanes en rojo" in Spanish.

• Dimension - 31.5" H x 11.75" W x 1.4" D
• Weight - 6.38
• Color - Multicolor
• Stretched
• Arrives unframed
• Signed by the artist
• Mexico

The sky is blue as Krishna spends a sunny day watching the cows in his charge. Playing his flute to pass the time, the young lord attracts his sweetheart Radha and her friends. All is beauty in this charming Madhubani painting by Devendra Kumar Jha.

As each painting is an individual creation, each is unique. Colors and motifs may vary slightly from that pictured.

• Dimension :-30" W x 22" H
• Weight :-0.22 lbs
• Material :-Natural Dyes On Paper
• Color :-Black or Gray
• Signed by the artist
• Arrives unframed

Bharti Dayal celebrates her love of nature in the ancient style of Madhubani painting. Dayal mixes vegetable dyes with acrylics to paint peacocks perched within the spreading branches of a great tree. Subtle touches of red and pink relieve the otherwise black and white composition. Traditionally painted by women from Mithila on the walls and floor of their homes, Madhubani paintings often depict ancient mythological themes.

• Please note: Bharti Dayal signs her pieces on the back side.
• Material - Vegetable dyes and acrylics on handmade paper
• Color - Black and White
• Dimension - 30.5" L x 22.5" W
• Weight - 0.03 lbs
• Signed by the artist
• Arrives unframed

Fish swim in formation, each one depicted in a sensuous Madhubani painting by Bharti Dayal. Their bodies form a circle, suggesting an infinite love. Above and below, bird couples sing to one another. Bright jewel-like colors and a naif style define the work by Bharti Dayal. It is executed in vegetable dye on handmade paper in the traditional Mithila style of northern Bihar.

As each painting is an individual creation, each is unique. Colors and motifs may vary slightly from that pictured.

• Dimension :-20" W x 28.5" H
• Weight :-0.22 lbs
• Material :-Natural Dyes On Handmade Paper
• Color :-Primary or Jewel Colors
• Signed by the artist
• Arrives unframed

Bird celebrate their freedom, flaunting their brilliant plumage in a joyous work of art. Surrounded by concentric circles of birds and people, the motif shows the harmony of all species. Using vegetable dyes on handmade paper, Bharti Dayal works in the traditional style of Madhubani in the state of Bihar.

• As each painting is an individual creation, each is unique. Colors and motifs may vary slightly from that pictured.
• Material - Natural dyes on handmade paper
• Color - Primary or Jewel Colors
• Dimension - 20" W x 28.5" H
• Weight - 0.22 lbs
• Signed by the artist
• Arrives unframed

Protagonists of the Ramayana, a beloved Hindu epic, Rama and Sita are joined in marriage. Sita holds the floral garden exchanged as part of the ceremony and Rama holds a bow while her father and his younger brother accompany the happy couple. Devendra Kumar Jha works with natural dyes on handmade paper to create a beautiful Madhubani painting. Originating in northern Bihar, Madhubani painting was once used to decorate the floors and walls of homes. Life in harmony with nature is a popular theme for this art style.

• As each painting is an individual creation, each is unique. Colors and motifs may vary slightly from that pictured.
• Material - Natural dyes on handmade paper
• Color - Green
• Dimension - 22" W x 30" H
• Weight - 0.3 lbs
• Signed by the artist
• Arrives unframed
• Each work features slight variations that make it unique

The elephant-man Hindu god Ganesha is portrayed in a variety of vibrant colors, with a dotted, stylized appearance in this Gond painting by Vidushini from India. Once used as wall murals by the Gond women of Madhya Pradesh, Gond paintings represent a legendary style, carried on in this fantastic painting.

• Material - Acrylic on handmade paper
• Color - Multicolor
• Dimension - 14.75" W x 21.75" H
• Weight - 0.11 lbs
• Signed by the artist
• Arrives unframed
• Each work features slight variations that make it unique

A detailed sea turtle in black and white pulls itself along a sandy shore in beige and golden colors. Marina Pallares is a lifetime artist from Mexico, who hopes to move the viewer through her surrealist style and realistic subject matter. She achieves this etched print painting on textured liberon paper.

• Titled Tortuga, vete mar adentro in Spanish.
• Material - Ink on Liberon paper
• Color - Black and White
• Dimension - 15.75" W x 15.75" H
• Weight - 0.18 lbs
• Signed by the artist
• Arrives unframed
• Limited edition

Neighbors go about their daily shores in a small Guatemalan village. Carrying a hoe over his shoulder, a man walks homeward past women drawing water from the well and a boy who feeds the chickens and turkey. An older woman kneels beneath a shade tree to weave on a backstrap loom. "This is a scene I saw in my own hometown," says artist Bonifacio Maxia Cutzal, who signs his work as "Boni." "I was on my way home from delivering some paintings when I paused to watch this family at work, and I wanted to share a glimpse of my country."

• Titled "Tejedora" in Spanish.
• Material - Oil on canvas
• Color - Multicolor
• Dimension - 8" H x 10" W x 0.6" D
• Weight - 0.31 lbs
• Stretched
• Arrives unframed
• Signed by the artist

Painting with impassioned artistry, Jacira Baptista orchestrates the merger of forms into a surrealist masterpiece. Baptista's message is clear as she equals the feminine soul to the flowering blossom that welcomes the hummingbird.

Titled "Colibri" in Portuguese.

• Dimension - 13" W x 19" H
• Weight - 0.01
• Color - Black and White
• Signed by the artist
• Arrives unframed
• Mat included
• Brazil

Samuel Ashong designs and creates this unique cotton print using a traditional wax-dyeing technique called batik. Wax is applied to the areas that should stay un-dyed and the rest of the material is dyed, giving every print a unique patterned design. This print depicts three young women carrying pans on their head and is a representation of the young women who migrate to the capital city of Ghana for work. The artwork is signed by the artist.

• Dimension :-26" W x 20" H
• Weight :-0.65 lbs
• Material :-100% Cotton, Cardstock Mat
• Color :-Multicolor
• Signed by the artist
• Handcrafted batik art--colors and pattern placement will vary
• Mat included

Jacira Baptista exalts natural beauty through this captivating painting, featuring the fusion of a woman and a guinea fowl. In the African continent, this unique bird symbolizes beauty. Baptista's original style breathes life into the surreal images that she conjures in black over white along with provocative crimson lips.

Titled "GuinA" in Portuguese.

• Dimension - 13" W x 19" H
• Weight - 0.01
• Color - Black and White
• Signed by the artist
• Arrives unframed
• Mat included
• Brazil

All is color as a young bride is the center of attention. Working in the traditional Madhubani style, Devendra Kumar Jha depicts a marriage procession in rural India. The bride's family accompanies their daughter as she is carried to the groom's home in a palanquin. The artist uses vegetable dyes on handmade paper.

As each painting is an individual creation, each is unique. Colors and motifs may vary slightly from that pictured.

• Dimension - 30.5" W x 22" H
• Weight - 0.33
• Color - Primary or Jewel Colors
• Signed by the artist
• Arrives unframed
• Eco-Friendly: painted with natural dyes on handmade paper
• India

Smiling fish swim in unity in this Madhubani painting from the talented Bharti Dayal in India. She creates the harmonious underwater scene on handmade paper in black and white, relieved by red accents. The painting is rendered in exacting detail in the traditional Madhubani or Mithila style, an ancient Indian folk art that was used to decorate the walls and floors of the home.

• Bharti Dayal signs her name on the back of her pieces.
• Material - Vegetable dyes and acrylics on handmade paper
• Color - Black and White
• Dimension - 30.5" L x 22.5" W
• Weight - 0.03 lbs
• Signed by the artist
• Arrives unframed

Seated in the riverbank, Krishna plays his flute to the delight of the herdswomen. Yet he has eyes only for Radha. Krishna is the Godhead of Hinduism. Radha was the most beloved of his consorts and his constant companion. Her love for Krishna represents a celestial, spiritual love. Working in the traditional Madhubani style, Devendra Kumar Jha and Family depict the scene in black and white.

Originating in northern Bihar, India, Madhubani painting was once used to decorate the floors and walls of homes. Life in harmony with nature is a popular theme for this art style.

As each painting is an individual creation, each is unique and may vary slightly from that pictured.

• Dimension :-22" W x 30" H
• Weight :-0.29 lbs
• Material :-Natural Dyes On Handmade Paper
• Color :-Black and White
• Signed by the artist
• Arrives unframed
• Each work features slight variations that make it unique

A topless woman rests beneath the cover of a fish-filled body of water in this black and white portrait by Marina Pallares. The fish, themselves revealing information, dance across her body, adding a level of definitiveness to the elsewhere granulated scene in this limited edition etching by Marina Pallares.

Titled "Lo que no entiendo" in Spanish.

• Dimension - 10.75" W x 11.75" H
• Weight - 0.09
• Color - Black and White
• Signed by the artist
• Arrives unframed
• Limited edition
• Mexico

Birds chirp songs of love as Krishna meets Radha under a lush, verdant tree. A cow stands besides them, to symbolize Krishna's cowherd past. Devendra Kumar Jha and Family call this composition Milan, the Hindi term referring to the meeting or union of lovers. They work with vegetable dyes on handmade paper to preserve the legendary art of Madhubani paintings.

As each painting is an individual creation, each is unique. Colors and motifs may vary slightly from that pictured.

• Dimension - 22" W x 29.5" H
• Weight - 0.2
• Color - Multicolor
• Signed by the artist
• Arrives unframed
• India

Bedecked in ornate jewelry, Ganesha, the deity with the head of an elephant, lifts his trunk in greeting. Working in the traditional Madhubani style, Vidushini paints the regal image freehand on handmade paper. The auspicious god is the son of Shiva and Parvati, two of the most powerful gods in Hindu belief. Ganesha can control the occult forces that bring disaster upon mankind.

• Dimension - 13" W x 19.75" H
• Weight - 0.12
• Color - Blue
• Signed by the artist
• Arrives unframed
• Each work features slight variations that make it unique
• India

In tones of black and orange, a school of fish swim in harmony in this traditional Madhubani painting from India. Devendra Kumar Jha and Family create this rectangular painting, working in a folk art style that originates from the Mithila region. From painting the composition to crafting the dyes and paper, every step in the process is done by hand.

A picturesque village on the shores of Lake Atitlan captivates Guatemalan artist Boni. Working in luminous oils, he captures the color of cool waters that caress blue mountains beneath an azure sky. In the foreground, flower gardens and blossoming trees fill the air with their colorful perfume.

• Titled "Ma ana en Atitl n" in Spanish.
• Material - Oil on canvas
• Color - Primary or Jewel Colors
• Dimension - 6" H x 8" W x 0.5" D
• Weight - 0.19 lbs
• Stretched
• Arrives unframed
• Signed by the artist

'The early bird gets the worm,' says Ghanaian artist Samuel Ashong. He uses the batik method for this painting, diligently applying a wax resist to cotton calico before dyeing it to depict a group of women in yellow. Standing with goods and baskets atop their heads, they arrive to the market early in the morning, taking advantage of the opportunity to sell more of their wares.

• Dimension :-26" W x 22" H
• Weight :-0.64 lbs
• Material :-Dyes On Cotton, Cardstock Mat
• Color :-Yellow
• Signed by the artist
• Arrives unframed
• Mat included

Working in oil on canvas, Bonifacio Maxia Cutzal celebrates the beauty of Lake Atitlan with its cold, deep waters. The Guatemalan artist paints the view from a cobblestone lane on the shore. In the distance, the San Pedro and TolimAn volcanoes stand tall above the blue lake.

Titled "Lago de AtitlAn II" in Spanish.

• Dimension - 12" H x 16" W x 0.6" D
• Weight - 0.03
• Color - Primary or Jewel Colors
• Stretched
• Arrives unframed
• Signed by the artist
• Central America