Hyderabad-based artist Thota Laxminarayana created a 4ftx5ft plaque to mark the 20th year of the Indian School of Business., The plaque, unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, has Thota’s signature painting style, with lively colours. The artist completed the commissioned work in a week’s time. Thota explains, “I was given a brief that the painting should show 20 years. I wanted to do it with elements that speak of goodness and prosperity in our traditional Indian ways.”
The painting with the dominant colours of yellow and green has a banyan tree with birds and a huge cauldron underneath. Thota explains, “Yellow turmeric is used at all auspicious occasions in Indian homes, the green signifies prosperity as in lush green fields with a good harvest.”
