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www.NepalDog.com Visit the blog at NepalDog.typepad.com Mahesh works in Naxal with his brother Rahendra on the main road between Kathmandu’s city center and the Ring Road. I often see him zipping around on his motorcycle. Mahesh’s Danger Dogs are full of character, with eyes that have life. The simple white background suits his semi-realist style. Mahesh always includes a faithful rendition of the dog’s collars. Wish I could have seen that cat…TRANSCRIPT
Danger Dogs from Nepal – Folk Art from the Himalayas
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Mahesh
Mahesh works in Naxal with his brother Rahendra on the main road between
Kathmandu’s city center and the Ring Road. I often see him zipping around on his
motorcycle.
Mahesh’s Danger Dogs are full of character, with eyes that have life. The simple white
background suits his semi-realist style. Mahesh always includes a faithful rendition of
the dog’s collars.
The last time I commissioned 4 pieces from him, and went to pick up. There were only
3 pieces. When asked why, Mahesh shyly said that a tourist had been passing by and
offered to buy the Danger Cat and he sold it. ‘That’s great!’ I replied. ‘And you made
another for me?’ ‘No, I did not.’ That is one problem I have with Nepali signboard
artists. I did not have the time before leaving for the states to order another. And when
we suggested that perhaps he should just paint an extra signboard in case a passing tourist
might want one, it fell on deaf ears.
Wish I could have seen that cat…