Monisha Gallage Art

It was great to be back with the kids.Students of the Kumeu Children's Art Club had opportunity to design thier own Batik tee - shirt @ Kumeu Art Centre last week and kids really enjoyed batik painting and its a excellent creative process to practice patience for kids.These lovely photos were taken during the day one of my Batik workshop and cant wait to finish it this week.

It's been almost a year since I was in my Batik studio due to my pregnancy and slowly getting back in to it.This is the first piece I started off with a 33 x 46 inch wall hanging inspired by Sri lankan cultural elements. I know it gonna be challenging with a two month old baby. But I'm ready to embrace it with love.💕

Wish you all a Merry Christmas...May this day remind us "Wherever there is hatred and anger, we can always combat it with the truth wrapped in love "

Glad to be featured in the Aotearoa Artist – The New Zealand Artists Magazine. Click the link bellow to access digital magazine. (page 38)
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Feeling nostalgic ..🙂 slowly getting back to the Batiking and sewing after a long break...

Another fruitful long weekend.Managed to complete most of the large wearable art pieces and hope you all enjoying your Monday off (Anzac day). #батик #батику #батік #الباتيك #բատիկ #蜡染 #בטיק # باتیک #باتیک #ผ้าบาติก @ Auckland, New Zealand

Batikguild AGM . It was so good to see all these talented Batik artists all around the world.Thank you batik guild, I met so many batik artists I never even knew existed. So excited to hear about the 2022 Florida exhibition and the Wales exhibition, Can't wait to participate. Thank you Claire , Ann, Sue , Jan, Jenn, Rosi , Heather , Muffy, Diane for building this wonderful batik community and preserving this ancient art form for the future generation. , , , , , , , , , , , #батик #батику #батік #الباتيك #բատիկ #蜡染 #蠟染 #בטיק # باتیک #باتیک #ผ้าบาติก #防染 , ,

It's so fascinating, how plain piece of fabric come to life as an art work with vivid dyes and a mixture of hot wax.Magic isn't it ? @ Auckland, New Zealand

Another one of my Sri Lankan New year wearable art collection. Can't wait to remove the wax.

#මීන #රාශියෙන් #මේෂ රාශියට. #බතික් # 2021


Story : According to astrology, the Sri Lankan New Year begins when the sun moves from Meena Rashiya (the house of Pisces) to Mesha Rashiya (the house of Aries). It also marks the end of the harvest season and of spring.Avurudda (Sinhala: අලුත් අවුරුද්ද), is a Sri Lankan holiday that celebrates the traditional New Year of Sri-Lanka. It is a major anniversary celebrated by most Sri Lankans. The timing of the Sri-Lankan New Year coincides with the new year celebrations of many traditional calendars of South and Southeast Asia. The festival has close semblance to the Tamil New year and other South and Southeast Asian New Years. It is a public holiday in Sri Lanka.Green is considered as the this new years auspicious Colour.

@ Auckland, New Zealand

A well spent day in my Batik Workshop on this Sri Lankan New year theme based sarong. #මීන #රාශියෙන් #මේෂ රාශියට. #බතික් # 2021

Story : According to astrology, the Sri Lankan New Year begins when the sun moves from Meena Rashiya (the house of Pisces) to Mesha Rashiya (the house of Aries). It also marks the end of the harvest season and of spring.Avurudda (Sinhala: අලුත් අවුරුද්ද), is a Sri Lankan holiday that celebrates the traditional New Year of Sri-Lanka. It is a major anniversary celebrated by most Sri Lankans. The timing of the Sri-Lankan New Year coincides with the new year celebrations of many traditional calendars of South and Southeast Asia. The festival has close semblance to the Tamil New year and other South and Southeast Asian New Years. It is a public holiday in Sri Lanka.Green is considered as the this new years auspicious Colour.

@ Auckland, New Zealand

Working on a large (36x 48 inch) sport scenery which showcase the Emirates team
New Zealand and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team in the 36th American Cup in front of Auckland
skyline and Sky Tower. Story of the tool : Electric Tjanting tool. Got this as a gift and never really had the chance to practice it. Hope it has a shallow learning curve 😁😂.

In progress of art work" 佛 "/ "Buddha" for Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple.
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Thank you for organising such a lovely opening for "who we Are" Art Exhibition yesterday. Original Caption "Thanks so much to everyone who came to the opening of ‘Who We Are’ last night. It was fantastic to see so many people there and fascinating to hear the artists talk about their work and their backgrounds. We are so lucky to have so many talented people involved here with a diverse range of personalities, skills and motivation. There is so much good will 🙌 and we love our creative community. Thanks also for these great pics (more to follow) sponsors Lotteries NZ, Rodney local board and all of our crew "
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Finally it's ready to hang. A little photography session with my latest Batik painting " Reflections" This is a Original Batik painting on calico fabric and stretched to 30 X 40 inch canvas and protected with a thin coat of professional varnish. @ Auckland, New Zealand

Thank you for your sincere effort to keep this beautiful art alive.
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Here we are going in to a another lockdown and this thing is far from over..... Stay home and keep Batiking 🎨👨‍🎨👩‍🎨🖌️

This gonna be a challenging project for sure. but " Every challenge you face today makes you stronger tomorrow. The challenge of life is intended to make you better, not bitter. " Gonna be busy couple of weeks for sure.

It was a experimental piece I was working on this weekend which I'm planning to use with one of the large commission work and really happy with out come. I hope you will enjoy it.
.. Have a great week ahead every one !!!

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Wowza! What a week! 😅 We thought our first exhibition of the year ‘Our Aotearoa’ might be relatively small but the entries have flooded in all week and we’ve got 65 works now on display! We’re thrilled with the response and the high standard of entries. Tonight we are holding an opening at 5-7pm so come and see for yourself! 😍
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It's been a busy week and finally they are ready to be hand delivered.

First mail for 2021. It was a lovely little surprise to see these in my mail box. Thank you Batikguild.

2020 been a busy year with batiking and looking forward to a another wonderful new year. #2021

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Wishing you lots of fun and excitement, and a super fantastic year to come!

Every painting has it's own journey from the moment it's born and It's always good to get some feedback from some one who bought your art. What's even better is getting to see them at their forever home. Thank you Rob & Caroline.

"Hi Monisha. We bought your wonderful Family Bonds painting today. It’s now hanging in our home and we love it! It’s the perfect piece for the empty space we had. Thanks, Rob and Caroline"

@ Auckland, New Zealand

It was a busy week with this 30 in X 40 in Batik Portrait on Calico fabric. Still far away from finishing and really happy with the outcome so far..

Batik is my obsession.wax boiled , drawn on to the fabric,dyes many different colours.Rinsed.Then again the process get repeated.