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Monday, June 15, 2009

Mallipoo story...

Right now this beautiful painting by Kalyani Ganapathy called Ponnuku Mallipoo Asai translated 'A little girl likes jasmine flowers' adorns the orange wall in my daughter's room.

The story~
Last year when I featured Kalyani's work here, I fell in love with this little girl called Mayuri in the painting, she so needed to be in my daughter's room. We were in the process of moving to our new home and I had already visualised how the painting would look in my daughter's room. Kalyani has used acrylic on canvas and has really made the little girl come to life:-)

Will post more pictures from my daughter's room, which still is work in progress.

Do visit Kalyani's site Surfkye, to see some of her gorgeous work.
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23 comments:

  1. KaberiJune 15, 2009 at 9:28 PM

    beautiful painting... somehow this painting by Kalyani reminded me of the poem/nursery rhyme in Tamil :
    Nila Nila odi va,
    Nilammal odi va,
    Malia medhu yeri va,
    Maligai pu kondu va.

    You have placed it so well in her room!

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  2. Archana Srinivas PotteryJune 15, 2009 at 9:39 PM

    Kaberi- Oh! Thanks do much for reminding me of that poem. So apt:-)

    Thanks:-))

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  3. trueblueJune 15, 2009 at 9:40 PM

    BEAUTIFUL ! Would love to see the finished room .. I am also in the process of re-vamping my son's room ; but I have a one tough cookie for a 3-yr-old-customer .... any painting or wall art has to be of something -on-wheels !!

    -Aswathy

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  4. KaberiJune 15, 2009 at 10:25 PM

    That poem inspired us to keep our daughter's name Nilavi:-)

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  5. kavithaJune 15, 2009 at 10:26 PM

    oh how lovely.
    i would love to see more of Mallika's room.
    Nethra wants elephants and butterflies in her new room. i wish i could paint as well as you do :) but am gonna make an attempt. i love that you made mallika's room very indian too.

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  6. Komal-NishkaJune 15, 2009 at 10:41 PM

    Arch,

    I think ypu've just multiplied the beauty of the painting by placing it against the orange wall.. beautiful..

    Looking forward to pics of ur angel's room..

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  7. Meera Vasudev SrinivasanJune 15, 2009 at 11:49 PM

    Hi Archana!! I am an architect and interior designer and have just recently started following your blog and I love it!

    The colours are beautiful and very inspring! great stuff!

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  8. DJune 16, 2009 at 12:43 AM

    I want a daughter just so that I can put that painting in her room! :) That's how much I like the painting and the idea.

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  9. Rajee SoodJune 16, 2009 at 12:46 AM

    Hi Arch,
    I think I am begining to enjoy the work of this artist ... so beautiful and so innocent ... you are sure sowing he seeds of a great collector .
    Hmmm ... I wonder what's in the air ... all mums seem to be in the process of kiddy room revamp ... I am still smelling of turpentine and paint from Sarah's room :)

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  10. Vasudha NarasimhanJune 16, 2009 at 2:05 AM

    wow this is so colourful and full of life. I loved it....

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  11. SharonJune 16, 2009 at 3:30 AM

    That is one of my fav pics from SurfKye Archana. 'Ponnuku Mallipoo Asai' - is that Tamil? It's sounds pretty similar to Tulu which is spoken a lot in Mangalore, where I come from!

    What I love abt this pic is that she has brought out the image of the "little south indian girl" so well!

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  12. megha puNAter"June 16, 2009 at 5:10 AM

    its beautiful and well placed too.
    love the colours

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  13. My Dream CanvasJune 16, 2009 at 11:58 AM

    A lovely painting. Looking forward to seeing more pictures of Mallika's room. I have to think of doing up my kids room too. Still working on the idea!

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  14. SunshineJune 16, 2009 at 9:01 PM

    Hi Arch,

    You are a decor queen, wish i had a daughter to hang this picture.

    Cheers
    Divya

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  15. AnonymousJune 16, 2009 at 11:50 PM

    Thank you everyone. And thanks Arch once again for sharing 'ponnuku mallipoo asai' with the world :)

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  16. AnakaJune 18, 2009 at 6:28 AM

    Kalyani's work is really cool. There are so many things to like about this painting- the mallipoo, the beautiful brown skin of the girl, and the colours.

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  17. Fernanda R. LimaJune 18, 2009 at 7:39 AM

    She is very talented! Beautiful work!

    ;-)

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  18. VineetaJune 19, 2009 at 5:54 AM

    Its gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous. Dying to see more of Mallika's room :) Mallipoo for Mallika - so apt :)

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  19. preethaJune 24, 2009 at 12:20 PM

    I loove your blog!! So much inspiration here!:)

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  20. BeenaJune 24, 2009 at 10:57 PM

    hi,
    i have visited your blog quite a few times in last few months. the colors & decor on your blog keeps nudging me to visit her. i absolutely love the painting & the way its displayed. i have recently updated my blog with some of my work from Ether- the heavens collection. wil soon be updating more. meanwhile keep posting such wonderful stuff on your blog. its truly inspiring. have a wonderful day! beens

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  21. ShaliniJune 28, 2009 at 8:13 AM

    That's such a great piece of art! And so perfect for a young girl's room.

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  22. UnknownJuly 1, 2009 at 7:59 PM

    Beautiful! Love the painting. would adorn my daughters room too with a painting like this.So much better than a Tweety or a Disney Princess. Simply love it. And love your blog too. It inspires day dreaming :)

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  23. DJuly 1, 2009 at 10:57 PM

    Hey, there's something for you on my blog!

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