Ukranian colors for a bright day

Once upon a time…well, two and a half centuries ago, to be more precise, in a little village in Ukraine called Petrykivka, was born a type of painting. The vibrant Petrykivka paintings which take their name from their birthplace, were created by home dwellers who used paint brushes made of cat-fur to paint their walls. The brightest colors of nature were brought into homes, with the hope that they bring with them gaiety and high spirits. Homeowners competed, the art was bequeathed from one generation to the next, and the art form flourished.

Petrykivka Art by Tatiana Pata

  

Today Petrykivka paintings adorn walls and museums across the world. They are painted on all kinds of surfaces - musical instruments, plates and vessels and pretty much any surface one can imagine. Bright, happy notes to set one’s spirits soaring…

To purchase petrykivka paintings go here 

For more information go to https://petrykivka.culturalspot.org/

Source: 1, 2

Mural-ing your way to home happiness

Walking around the wildly eclectic Mission District (San Francisco) we had a epiphany. Well, epiphany might be a tad profound, but we just wondered aloud why none of us have ever painted a mural in our rooms!

Mission Mural (c)OnceUponABazaar

Mission has this effect on people. As you flit between Mexican Papel Amate -like murals to a house painted in stories (The Maestrapeace, "Women's Wisdom Through Time" painted in 1971 through collaboration of seven women artists), you are reminded of stories of war, displacement, discontent, love, fantasy, and more. The mural movement in Mission started early and is really inspired by Mexican wall art forms, the Mission residents’ strong (and sometimes radical) socio-political views, but most importantly by the struggle of an immigrant population and their empowerment. But hey...we digress... 

Mission Mural (c)OnceUponABazaar

Thus inspired by Mural Art, we set upon the most intense investigative journey to determine how would our ideal home mural be. The blogosphere (bless its soul!) and pinterest (double bless its soul) have, as usual, proved to be our best friends. And hence, here we chronicle some posts on some amazing, achievable (errr, ahem, well, some of them!) home murals.


(1) Create beautiful dreamy mountain vistas as our blogger here

(2) Or just use a black market to draw your stories on the walls

(c)http://linesandcolors.com/

(3) You could just be jotting down your thoughts (make them nice, if possible ;) )

(c)http://www.abeautifulmess.com/

(4) And of course, you could also be the super achiever parent!

(c)http://www.boredpanda.com/

(5) If you are an artist, the world is your oyster! Paint away to your heart's content and soul's satisfaction 

(c)http://www.thestylesaloniste.com/

(6) And for people like us (read: those with little time and large dreams), just get some mural wallpaper!
Here and Here!

For more inspiration, do not forget to check out this article from Lushome and this one from brit.co .
And some inspiration videos here: video 1, video 2.


Until next time!
Team OnceUponABazaar