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This bull, painted by Sunil Jaiswal, sees red. Using a faint pattern, the Indian artisan renders the painting in bright crimson and soft purple colors. Outlined in bold black and dressed in orange, the bull pops against a cloudy red background.

Balinese artist Harman takes iconic regional elements to create a stunning composition made from acrylic colors in a warm palette. This expressionist painting features a woman holding a mug as a nod to the island's coffee-drinking culture. With a classic floral pattern adding a tropical touch, the work comes signed and unstretched.

This extraordinary Madhubani painting is filled with rhythmic repetitions of fish, a popular motif in Mithila art symbolizing fertility, prosperity and harmony with nature. India’s Devendra Kumar Jha and Family create the stunning composition using natural dyes on handmade paper. The fish are stylized with intricate line work, showcasing the characteristic precision of the Madhubani school. The interplay of black, white and red hues creates a strong visual impact, with dense patterns filling every space in keeping with the folk tradition of leaving no area blank. The border is carefully adorned with geometric motifs, framing the central design and enhancing its symmetry.

By Fernando Sayan Polo, this splendid portrait of the Holy Virgin reveals the influence of Peru's pre-Hispanic art that melds with European styling. His color palette is one favored by the ancient Inca, and the patterns on Mary's gown recall colonial art created by ancient artists. Yet Our Lady's lovely face and halo suggest Spanish paintings. This exquisite portrait is adorned with bronze leaf.

The artist works in the style of Renaissance masterpieces found in the convents and churches of Cuzco. The painting is a copy of a classic portrait, a theme he often repeats. Sayan gives it his own artistic interpretation.

Titled "Virgen Divina" in Spanish.

Ganesha, God of wisdom and the most widely revered of the Hindu assemblage, casts aside all other aspects of the Earth to devote himself to mindfulness in the garden of peacocks. As a master of the mind, Ganesha encourages others in their pursuits of learning and advanced studies, aiding in focus and intellect with his ubiquitous presence which draws all minds to the center. Depicted in his commonly-accepted four-armed form, wearing a floral crown and patterned textiles, Ganesha appears levitating while seated, seemingly superimposed over the peacocks of the background. Bharti Dayal creates 'Ganesha - The Beginning' to honor the deity's role as the giver of new beginnings and to tell the authentic story of India's vivid experience with Hinduism, painting handmade paper with vegetable-derived colors.

"Madhubani paintings are in fact a simplistic manifestation of the philosophical heights achieved by Indian civilization for the universal power of love, longing and peace; the quest of all beings," Dayal says.