Deep Blue Wall Art

Deep Blue — 3 museum-grade prints in this palette. Kalighat Pat grew up in 19th-century Kolkata, painted by migrant patua (chitrakar) scroll-painters who settled near the Kalighat Kali temple and sold quick watercolour souvenirs to pilgrims. Working on mill-made paper with a bold single black brush outline and soft 'boneless' shaded strokes on a plain ground, they painted gods and goddesses alongside what is often called India's first modern social satire — sharp, affectionate caricatures of the colonial 'babu' and the hypocrisies of Calcutta life. Cape Town sits at Africa's southwestern tip where Table Mountain — a flat-topped sandstone massif and UNESCO World Heritage site — rises directly above the city and Table Bay. The protea, South Africa's national flower, grows wild in the surrounding fynbos biome; both motifs are staples of Cape Town travel poster tradition from mid-century airline art through contemporary minimalist prints.

Updated 22 Jun 2026