Guinness World Records-holding couple Limnesh Augustine and Jincy Babu joined experimental artist Sara Madan over the weekend to highlight the beauty of Bahrain’s palm trees as part of an eight-week celebration of The Big Draw Festival in Bahrain.
Mr Augustine, a 39-year-old project manager, and Ms Babu, 28, an art teacher, were delighted to kick off the creative festivities with Ms Madan at supporter Sarah Clarke’s garden in Jid Hafs.
Ms Babu, from Burhama, said: “It was really nice to be a part of it in an interactive way and convey an environmental message.
“Even though we are in a pandemic, we still want the beauty and positivity of art to spread across the globe.”
The pair became record holders in 2012 after creating the world’s largest anamorphic painting. Since then they have completed more than 200 large and small scale works in airports, museums, parks, malls, commercial spots, pavements and schools.
They have been representing India and Bahrain as featured artists in multiple renowned street art events and chalk festivals in Germany, Holland, Italy, France and the US.
They have also been associated with the United Nations, the World Health Organisation, Unicef and government entities in India, Bahrain and the US for multiple international campaigns through arts.
For The Big Draw, the dynamic duo created a 3D interactive painting called The Resurgence.
The 20ft by 15ft painting depicted a large human hand planting a date seedling.
“The interactive factor is that we can operate a manual pump, again a 3D painting on the floor, to supply ground water,” explained Mrs Babu.
“This represents the water cycle where in the palm tree itself, it helps in preserving the ground water and in turn the cycle of life. Also, we are making a video for children to teach them how to paint a simple 3D palm tree.”
Ms Madan hopes this first live art demo will encourage others to join and exhibit the different ways people can produce artwork.
“I hope this motivates people to use different techniques and media as well as experiment and have fun with it,” said Ms Madan.
As reported in the GDN, she aims to reconnect people with nature by drawing attention to Bahrain’s bountiful palm trees in a global art campaign.
The Big Draw, an international initiative, promotes visual literacy and the universal language of drawing as a tool for learning, expression and invention.
The festival’s title this year is ‘A Climate of Change’.
“The theme resonated with my passion for nature and the environment,” said Ms Madan.
“We want to encourage families with children to get together and enjoy nature while being creative. You can post anytime in any medium. We’ll give you some ideas but don’t feel constrained.”
“The idea was to get people motivated to do something, specially as we have to keep social distancing these days. Parks are still closed but we have abundance of palm trees around us so connecting to nature and observing it through Art is all about inspiring and motivating people to do something different to relax their minds.
“2020 theme is all about our relationship with people and the environment around us.
There will be two more live social media events on October 23 and 30, at 4pm. Ms Madan will also be posting weekly ‘palm-tastic’ activities along with other volunteer artists.
Supporters are urged to post their artwork on social media and tag @S_Collectionsbh on Instagram and ‘Sara Sarah’ on Facebook.
Make sure to hashtag #DrawBHPalm #Biggreendraw #Climateofchange to receive a virtual certificate of participation from The Big Draw (UK).
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