When there are trees, there are birds. They go together well, according to the Indian artist Jambu Singad. A tree would never stay alone, it needs birds. And birds like trees, to find shadow, shelter and nutrition. Singad is an observerving person who loves the play of thoughts. He belongs to the Bhil tribal community home in Western India, lives in Bhopal where he works as gardener.
In his paintings, he follows the traditional art of the Bhil community. At the same time Singad experiments with colour, shape and contrast. He explains: «I like to draw things that I like. For example birds and trees. However I sometimes make them look different as how they appear reality. My work is a composition of what I see, what I’ve learned and what I imagine.»
The Bhil Community is presumed to be the eldest indigenous community in India that is still alive today. While feeling strongly connected to the Bhil art tradtion, he is also breaking the mould. Starting from his observations, he created a series of pictures, that illustrate the close cohabitation of trees and birds, as well as humans and nature. In the accompanying text he discusses his toughts and artistic decisions: He likes to make use of his artistic licence.