Asia

For All Paintings Shown: Medium is Oil unless otherwise designated Gouache or Crayon. Size: width " x height "

Dolma in Traditional Ladakh Costume, Leh, Ladakh, 24 x 30 - $6,000
There is little or no privacy in the small house where Dolma and her husband, Gupta, extend their hospitality to me. Good-natured wrangling goes on as if I weren't there.
Dolma's Eldert Sister in Matriarchal Dress, Leh, Ladakh, 16 x 20 - $5,000
Archery Contest. the Royal Archers versus Government Police, Bhutan, 24 x 30 - $5,000
The Market at Kalimpong, Darjeeling, India, 24 x 30 - $4,500
Scene of Kashmir at Srinigar, Himilayan Background, 36 x 36 - $4,500
Sizig-Dar Buying a Copper Bowl, Srinigar, Kashmir, 24 x 48 - $7,500
Each little shop, no bigger than a large packing case, faces out in the narrow winding alleys of old Srinagar. Siziq-dar, a farmer, is buying a new copper bowl. He is dressed in traditional Moslem country garb.
The Talented Woodcarver, Srinigar, Kashmir 14 x 18 - $3,500
Ladakh Young Women-Rest Stop and News Exchange, 24 x 30 - $5,000
Bhutanese Elder with Prayer Wheel, Paro Dzong,Bhutan (24" x 30" , oil, 1982)
Prayer is with the Bhutanese no matter where they are or what they are doing. Pema Dorji returns to his home some distance from the fields, urgently praying that all the labor shall bring forth a good harvest. His prayer wheel is an old one made by hand of beaten silver. Written prayers are attached to the inside cylinder.
Gna Ginz Dance, Thimphu, Bhutan (32" x 40", oil, 1984)
The ballet is performed to keep evil spirits at bay. The dancers whirl in place, then leap high in the air, their hands performing the age-old ceremonial routine of Buddhist ritual dance: good spirits drive out the bad.

The performers maintain the body rhythm of the dance while with a hooked stick, they beat a slight contrapuntal cadence on rom, flattened drums mounted on ornate handles. Further background rhythm is orchestrated by nga-bom, long trumpets; drib, small bells; and sil nyen, large cymbals.
Area of Kathmandu, Nepal (30" x 40", oil, 1978)
Thundrup's wife and two sisters. These girls consider themselves Sherpas, distinct from Tibetans. There are small differences in their attire from the Tibetan, but the similarities are strong, for there has been a constant flow of trade caravans between Nepal and Tibet for centuries.

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