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Big Cotton Dinosaur Toy

Sculptures & Figurines

Big Cotton Dinosaur Toy

A playful dinosaur stands at the center of the composition, its soft cotton form designed to capture attention with gentle curves and friendly proportions. The toy’s rounded body and stitched details give it a welcoming personality, transforming the prehistoric creature into something warm and approachable. Rather than appearing fierce, this dinosaur feels comforting and cheerful, its plush texture inviting children to hold, hug, and carry it along as a companion through playtime adventures. The design focuses on softness and simplicity. Smooth cotton fabric wraps around a lightly padded structure, giving the toy a gentle structure that remains safe and comfortable for children. Its proportions are intentionally exaggerated—the large head, rounded body, and small limbs create a charming silhouette that feels instantly lovable. Subtle stitching and soft colours add character without overwhelming the design, allowing the toy’s friendly shape to remain the primary focus. More than a decorative object, the Big Cotton Dinosaur Toy functions as both a playful companion and a comforting presence. Whether placed in a nursery, playroom, or child’s bedroom, it introduces a sense of warmth and imagination to the space. The dinosaur becomes not just a toy but a character in a child’s daily world, encouraging storytelling, creativity, and moments of comfort. Why This Toy Stands Out The large, soft cotton structure makes the dinosaur ideal for hugging, cuddling, and safe play. Rounded shapes and friendly proportions transform a prehistoric creature into a comforting companion for children. Durable cotton fabric and careful stitching provide both softness and long-lasting quality. The playful design adds character and imagination to nurseries, playrooms, and children’s bedroom

$ 9
Painting / Windows to the soul
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Contemporary Art

Painting / Windows to the soul

This is a reflection of a Heritage structure on the glass facade of the building in the front. Two legs descend from the top of the composition, blue shoes catching the eye before anything else. The figure is mid-balance, mid-crossing, the body above the frame and therefore imagined rather than seen. The warm ochre and orange tones of the buildings tilted and compressed into a vertiginous downward view, windows multiplying across every surface at every angle, no two quite parallel, the whole urban mass seen the way only someone suspended above it could see it. The perspective is not accidental distortion. The windows are the painting's true subject. They cover the facades of every building in various shapes and orientations, some rectangular, some askew, some barely legible, each one an opening, a possible view, a possible life looking back. Vandana Krishna draws on the surrealist tradition of impossible vantage points to make a painting about the relationship between elevation and understanding. The figure in blue shoes is not performing. The figure is seeing, and what the painting offers the viewer is the experience of seeing alongside them, from a height that makes the familiar strange and the strange, suddenly, clarifying. Rendered in oil and acrylic on canvas, the work moves between the playful and the philosophical with the ease of an artist who understands that the most serious questions are best approached with a light foot and a steady eye. Why This Artwork Stands Out The cropped figure entering from above transforms the viewer's relationship to the composition, making observation and participation in the act of balance feel simultaneous. The proliferation of windows at varying angles across warm ochre facades turns a cityscape into a meditation on perspective, outlook and the multiplicity of human viewpoints. The blue shoes function as the composition's chromatic anchor and its narrative spark, a single cool accent in a warm field that carries the entire weight of the surrealist premise. Vandana Krishna's combination of oil and acrylic allows for both the fluid, warm ground of the cityscape and the bold, graphic clarity of the figure's entry, giving the painting a surface complexity that rewards close looking.

$ 1,999
Painting / Flying Free
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Contemporary Art

Painting / Flying Free

The city is seen through glass, and glass changes everything. Rain streaks across the windshield, the wipers visible at the lower edge of the frame, and beyond them the night city dissolves into impressionistic pools of gold and amber, its lights blurred by water into something softer and more beautiful than the city actually is. It is the familiar transformation that anyone who has sat in a moving car at night has witnessed: the world outside becoming briefly painterly, briefly dreamlike, briefly more than itself. And then, above all of it, a figure in green floats horizontally over the cityscape, arms open, body lifted, soaring with the unhurried ease of someone for whom flight is not miraculous but simply true. The frame of the windshield, the presence of the wipers, the rain on the glass: Vandana Krishna places the viewer precisely, in a car, in the dark, in motion, looking out. The figure above the city is not visible to another driver or a pedestrian. It is visible only from this particular vantage point, at this particular moment of quiet transit, which is the painting's central proposition: that certain visions are available only to those already in movement, already somewhat suspended between one place and another. The nocturnal palette of deep teal, green and warm gold gives the work the specific quality of night light in rain, light that is everywhere and nowhere, diffused and generous. Painted in oil on canvas, Flying Free is a work about the freedom that opens, briefly and unexpectedly, in the space between departure and arrival. Why This Artwork Stands Out The windshield frame and visible wipers situate the viewer inside a moving vehicle, creating an intimate and specific vantage point that makes the surreal figure above the city feel like a private rather than a public vision. The impressionistic treatment of the city's night lights gives the lower half of the composition a warmth and luminosity that contrasts beautifully with the cool, dark tones of the glass and the soaring figure above. The horizontal posture of the flying figure introduces a sense of effortless, sustained flight rather than ascent or descent, making freedom the painting's felt experience as much as its subject. Vandana Krishna's use of the car interior as a pictorial frame is an original and quietly radical compositional device, transforming the everyday space of transit into a threshold between the ordinary and the extraordinary.

$ 1,739
Painting / Windows
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Contemporary Art

Painting / Windows

Windows by Vandana Krishna is a vibrant urban study that captures the distorted reflection of historic, red-roofed buildings on the grid-like surface of a modern glass window. The composition uses a bold primary palette, contrasting the bright blue sky and warm yellow facades with the dark lines of the window panes. Through this layered perspective, the artist creates a rhythmic visual dialogue between the solid reality of the viewer's space and the shimmering, mirrored world of the city outside.

$ 1,339
Painting / Heritage Reflections
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Contemporary Art

Painting / Heritage Reflections

Heritage Reflections by Vandana Krishna is a captivating urban study that captures the warped, golden reflection of a classical building on the grid-like glass surface of a modern skyscraper. The painting uses a deep blue palette for the contemporary facade, which beautifully contrasts with the warm oranges and creams of the historic architecture being mirrored. Through this layered composition, Krishna explores the intersection of old and new, celebrating the way modern cities visually preserve and transform their architectural history. Why this painting stands out: Fragmented reality through reflection – the grid of glass panels breaks and warps the architecture, turning a familiar structure into a shifting, unstable image. Tension between heritage and modernity – a traditional building is seen only through a contemporary façade, creating a layered dialogue between past and present. Perception over place – the subject isn’t the building itself, but how it’s seen—distorted, refracted, and reassembled through memory and viewpoint.

$ 1,469
Painting / Traffic Lights
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Contemporary Art

Painting / Traffic Lights

Traffic Lights by Vandana Krishna is a vibrant, impressionistic depiction of a city street at night during a rainstorm. The painting features the glowing headlights and taillights of cars reflected in the wet pavement, creating shimmering streaks of red, gold, and blue. Through its dense, textured brushwork and a rich palette of deep purples and bright ambers, the work captures the rhythmic energy and blurred atmosphere of urban life in motion. The painting’s focus is deliberately narrow. The traffic signal stands alone, its geometry precise and vertical, cutting through the atmospheric surface of the canvas. Around it, the urban environment dissolves into suggestion rather than detail—soft forms, faint lines, and tonal shifts that evoke streets and structures without clearly defining them. This restraint transforms a mundane object into a visual metaphor for order within the unpredictable flow of city life. Rendered in acrylic on canvas, the work draws attention to the symbolic language of colour. Red, amber, and green operate not only as signals but as emotional markers—pause, anticipation, release. The painting subtly reflects on the rhythms that structure everyday movement within modern cities. By isolating the traffic signal from its usual context, the artist invites the viewer to reconsider an object so common it often disappears from notice. Why This Artwork Stands Out The isolated traffic signal transforms a familiar urban object into a symbolic focal point that reflects the rhythms and rules governing city life. The restrained composition emphasises vertical structure and colour contrast, allowing the red, amber, and green lights to dominate the visual field. The atmospheric background introduces a sense of urban environment without explicit detail, balancing abstraction with recognisable form. The painting elevates an everyday element of infrastructure into a contemplative study of movement, pause, and anticipation.

$ 1,199
Painting / Old Harbour
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Contemporary Art

Painting / Old Harbour

Old Harbour by Vandana Krishna is a serene impressionistic painting featuring several colorful rowboats moored in the foreground of a tranquil bay. The water reflects a cluster of charming white and tan seaside buildings that climb the hazy, soft-blue hills in the background. Using a light, textured palette, the work captures the timeless and peaceful atmosphere of a traditional coastal village. Why this painting stands out: Rich Impasto Technique: Featuring a highly tactile, textured finish, this piece showcases expressive brushwork that captures the shimmering reflections of the harbor. This physical depth adds a premium, "gallery-grade" feel that flat prints simply can't replicate. Medium: Oil on canvas

$ 2,669
Painting / Drizzle
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Contemporary Art

Painting / Drizzle

Drizzle by Vandana Krishna is an evocative impressionistic piece capturing a fleeting moment in the city during a light rain. Caught unawares in the drizzle, a dark, silhouetted figure instinctively shields themselves with a piece of paper while hurrying past soft, warm-toned architecture, contrasted by the cool, icy blues of the rain-slicked street. Created with richly textured layers of paint, the work masterfully balances light and shadow to evoke the quiet vulnerability and poetic beauty of an unexpected encounter with the rain. Why This Artwork Stands Out The painting captures the atmospheric sensation of rainfall, turning weather itself into the central subject of the composition. Vertical streaks and softened textures recreate the visual rhythm of drizzle, giving the canvas a sense of gentle movement. The restrained colour palette of cool blues and greys evokes the reflective quiet of a rain-soaked cityscape. By blurring architectural details, the work shifts focus from structure to mood and sensory experience, creating a contemplative urban moment.

$ 1,199
Painting / Still Night
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Contemporary Art

Painting / Still Night

Darkness settles across the canvas with the calm assurance of late evening, where movement has slowed and the city seems to breathe more quietly. In Still Night, faint lights emerge from the shadows—windows glowing softly, distant street lamps diffusing gentle halos into the surrounding darkness. Buildings appear only in suggestion, their forms rising out of deep blues and charcoal tones, while the spaces between them hold a quiet emptiness. The scene feels suspended in that particular moment when the activity of the day has faded, leaving behind a contemplative stillness. The composition relies on restraint. Structures stand quietly within the darkness, their outlines softened by the night atmosphere. Points of warm light punctuate the canvas, guiding the viewer’s eye across the urban landscape like distant signals of life continuing behind closed doors. The painting does not depict crowds or motion; instead, it embraces the quiet geometry of the city when it is seen without interruption. Rendered in acrylic on canvas, the work explores the emotional texture of night time environments. Deep blues and muted blacks create a sense of depth, while small accents of warm light introduce balance and rhythm. In Still Night, the city becomes less about architecture and more about atmosphere—a reflection on the peaceful solitude that urban spaces can hold once the noise of the day has disappeared. Why This Artwork Stands Out The painting captures the quiet stillness of a nighttime city, transforming urban architecture into an atmospheric experience. Subtle points of warm light contrast against deep blue and charcoal tones, creating a balanced rhythm within the darkness. The restrained composition focuses on mood and atmosphere rather than narrative, allowing the viewer to feel the calm of the night. Softened building silhouettes and minimal detail evoke the contemplative solitude of the city after hours.

$ 2,139
Meera
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Contemporary Indigenous

Meera

She leans into the instrument the way one leans into a long-held thought. Eyes closed, head resting gently against the neck of the tanpura, her body curves around it with an ease that speaks not of performance but of private communion. The hand that rests on the body of the instrument is still, fingers barely grazing the surface, as though the music has already moved past the need for touch and lives now entirely within her. Her dark hair falls in loose waves over one shoulder. A red bindi, silver hoops, the glint of bangles at the wrist: the details are present but unannounced, worn the way familiar things are worn, without self-consciousness. The background divides cleanly behind her, a deep teal to the left and a near-black night sky to the right, the two fields separated by the long vertical line of the tanpura's neck which bisects the composition with the quiet authority of a horizon standing upright. The figure herself is rendered in warm oranges and ochres, the skin luminous against both grounds, her purple and gold saree anchoring the lower half of the canvas in richer, denser colour. The painting works in the tradition of the contemplative Indian figure, a lineage that reaches from classical miniature to modern expressionism, but its emotional register is its own: not mythological distance, not theatrical devotion, but the particular quality of a woman alone with sound. This is Meera not as legend but as feeling, the moment before the bhajan begins, or the moment after it has ended and the silence is still full. Why This Artwork Stands Out The vertical tanpura neck bisecting the composition creates a structural boldness that is both visually striking and iconographically resonant, dividing the world into the known and the devotional. The warm, luminous rendering of the figure against a cool, dark ground gives the painting an inner glow that feels less like technique and more like conviction. The figure's closed eyes and stilled hand convey a state of absorbed interiority that invites the viewer into stillness rather than spectacle. The painting draws on a deep tradition of the devotional Indian female figure while arriving at something intimate, contemporary and emotionally immediate.

$ 129
Painting / Take Off
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Contemporary Art

Painting / Take Off

The plane does not dominate the composition. It hovers, its dark silhouette pressed against a pale sky, held in the glass of a building's facade as much as in the air above it. This is a painting about reflection in both senses: the literal reflection of a departing aircraft on the surface of modern architecture, and the quieter act of looking at a city and finding, in its surfaces, an image of where it is going. The green geometric lines of the reflected structure frame the plane with an almost accidental precision, as though the building has arranged itself specifically to catch this moment of departure and hold it still. A pink grid overlays the composition with the lightness of something seen through glass, or through memory, softening the hard geometries of steel and sky into something more interior. The palette is cool and considered: the grey-green of city glass, the muted sky, the single red flag at the lower right that introduces a note of warmth into an otherwise silvered world. Vandana Krishna works in the tradition of the urban observer, the painter who finds in the layered surfaces of the contemporary city not anonymity but visual complexity of the richest kind. The architecture here is not backdrop; it is a lens, a surface that collects and transforms what passes before it. The aircraft, the signature subject of modern transit and modern longing, becomes in this composition something more ambiguous: a presence that is leaving and, in the very act of leaving, is most fully seen. Why This Artwork Stands Out The device of the reflected plane on glass introduces a visual doubling that makes the composition intellectually and perceptually layered, rewarding extended looking. The pink grid overlay gives the work a distinctly contemporary graphic sensibility, dissolving the boundary between painting and the designed surfaces of the city it depicts. The single red flag at the lower right functions as a precise compositional anchor, drawing the eye downward and grounding a composition that might otherwise float entirely in reflection and sky. Vandana Krishna's treatment of urban surfaces as subjects in their own right places this work within a serious tradition of city painting while arriving at something entirely her own.

$ 1,599
Hanuman Chalisa
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Folk Art

Hanuman Chalisa

This miniature Hanuman Chalisa represents a significant technical achievement, as the artist pioneered this small-scale format in 2012. Measuring just slightly over 10 x 12 inches, the painting manages to house the entire text of the three dohas and forty chaupais alongside their corresponding narrative scenes. The artist notes that a work of this complexity at such a small scale is unprecedented in the field. The composition employs a selective color strategy, where blue and orange are used to draw the viewer's focus specifically toward the figures of Lord Ram and Hanuman. To maintain this emphasis, all other elements are kept muted and rendered primarily through intricate black outlines. Because of the extreme precision required for this scale, particularly in the written script and detailed scenes, a magnifying glass is recommended to fully appreciate the minute brushwork.

$ 6,469
Krishna Leela
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Folk Art

Krishna Leela

This artwork illustrates the various chapters of Krishna Leela using a distinctive geographical layout. The composition is divided by the Yamuna River in the center, with Mathura depicted on the right and the villages of Gokul, Barsana, and Nandgaon on the left. The right side of the painting captures significant events from Krishna's birth and his time in Mathura, including his escape from prison with Vasudev and the ultimate slaying of King Kansa. The left side of the canvas focuses on Krishna’s childhood and youth, featuring miracles such as the lifting of Govardhan Mountain, the defeat of various demons, and the divine Raas Leela. This specific piece is rendered in gold and bold black outlines, providing a rich, shimmering finish that highlights the most important scenes in a condensed, impactful format.

$ 649
Summer
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Folk Art

Summer

This painting is a representation of a summer’s day spent at the royal court. This artwork is a marked departure from the erstwhile religious themes seen in Phad paintings before and is a secular depiction of royalty enjoying a summer’s day. Idyllic representations of the King and Queen playing chaupar together, enjoying a boat ride in the evening, and a hunting scene are described here among various other scenes. The compositional style of using the river body to demarcate the painted area and the details created in gold and black outlines verily catch the viewer’s eye.

$ 649
Krishna Raas Leela
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Folk Art

Krishna Raas Leela

This artwork features the celestial Raas Leela performed on the night of Sharad Purnima, reimagined from the traditional Pichwai style into the Phad folk tradition. The painting is executed with a sophisticated gold and black outline, moving away from the large, simple designs typical of folk art to introduce a ""fine art"" level of intricate detail. The artist has focused heavily on minute details, particularly in the costumes of the figures, to elevate the traditional craft. The composition is unique for its double-round formation, showing Lord Krishna dancing with the Gopis in two concentric circles rather than the standard single ring. At the center, Radha and Krishna are depicted playing the flute amidst a setting that includes the Yamuna River, lotuses, and fish. The background is densely filled with stars and divine observers in the sky, ensuring every part of the canvas is rich with artistic detail.

$ 3,109
Hanuman Chalisa
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Folk Art

Hanuman Chalisa

This artwork is dedicated to the Hanuman Chalisa, rendered in a striking red and gold color palette on a significant scale. The piece features the complete text of the prayer—including all three dohas and forty chaupais—meticulously written in Devanagari script. The painting is characterized by its detailed narrative scenes and powerful character expressions, carefully depicting Lord Hanuman's varying moods, from intense anger to gentle politeness. Every element, including atmospheric details like clouds, has been included to create a comprehensive and expressive visual representation of the sacred verses.

$ 3,889
Traditional pabuji ki phad 3
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Folk Art

Traditional pabuji ki phad 3

Created in 2004, this National Merit Award-winning Phad painting offers an expansive visual narrative of the life and legends of the folk deity Pabu ji Rathore. The composition meticulously follows the traditional storytelling structure used by Bhopa and Bhopi oral narrators, opening with auspicious invocations of Lord Ganesha, the Dashavatara, and other sacred scripts. The artwork captures the quest for his famous mare, Kesar Kalmi, and his subsequent meeting with the deity Goga ji. A central theme involves Pabu ji fulfilling a promise made at his niece Kelam's wedding to provide camels as a gift. Much like Lord Rama sent Hanuman to find Sita, Pabu ji dispatches his trusted aide, Harmal, to Lankeya (in modern-day Pakistan) to locate the animals. The painting illustrates the strategic mission to retrieve the camels, the romantic union with Princess Phulwanti in Soda, and the ultimate sacrifice where Pabu ji achieves martyrdom while defending a Charani woman’s cows.

$ 9,059
Traditional pabuji ki phad 2
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Folk Art

Traditional pabuji ki phad 2

This artwork presents the traditional epic of Pabu ji Rathore in a distinctively antique-finished style. While Phad paintings are typically horizontal, the artist has adapted this extensive narrative into a vertical format, meticulously aged to appear over a century old despite being a contemporary creation. The composition begins with divine invocations of Ganesha, Saraswati, and the Dashavatara, followed by scenes depicting Pabu ji's birth and his regal court. The narrative detail is comprehensive, illustrating Pabu ji's wedding and his legendary conflict with Ravana of Lanka. A key sequence depicts the antagonist Khichi stealing camels, prompting Pabu ji to go to war to reclaim them. The visual story culminates in the fierce battle where Pabu ji achieves martyrdom (Veergati). Unlike the artist's other works that use a fresh color scheme, this piece is defined by its weathered, historic aesthetic.

$ 3,889
Traditional pabuji ki phad 1
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Folk Art

Traditional pabuji ki phad 1

This traditional Phad painting is a vertically oriented composition that provides a condensed narrative of the folk deity Pabu ji Rathore. The artwork opens with auspicious figures of Lord Ganesha and Goddess Saraswati, followed by the ten incarnations (Dashavatara) of Vishnu. A central theme of the piece is Pabu ji’s heroic expedition across the Sindh to Lanka to retrieve camels, illustrated through dynamic battle scenes. The visual story continues with the depiction of Pabu ji Rathore’s wedding and a formal portrayal of his royal court. Strategically placed near the court scene is his famous mare, Kesar Kalmi, along with the two Charan women from whom he obtained her. The painting concludes with various vignettes showing Pabu ji's triumph over several demons, successfully summarizing his legendary life in a compact format.

$ 1,169
Prithviraj chauhan and Sanyogita
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Folk Art

Prithviraj chauhan and Sanyogita

This historical artwork portrays the legendary love story of Prithviraj Chauhan and Sanyogita amidst the dramatic setting of her Swayamvar. Despite King Jayachand's animosity toward Prithviraj, Sanyogita’s secret letter compels the Delhi king to attend the ceremony in disguise. The painting depicts the pivotal moment where Sanyogita garlands a statue of Prithviraj—placed mockingly as a gatekeeper—only for the king himself to emerge from behind it. The narrative concludes with their daring escape, a fierce battle between the armies of Kannauj and Delhi, and their triumphant union in Delhi.

$ 1,169