If you love art and artist and haven’t seen the work of Maria Qamar than you must ne living under the rock and after this no one can help you. Qamar is an Indo-Canadian illustrator who is popularly known for her edgy and kitsch illustrations. From taking a dig at gossip-mongering aunties to illustrating some very desi things, Maria’s designs are pretty epic.

As Halloween is just about the corner, so Maria decided to come up with her new art pieces.  She gave the new project name Badbeti . With a skull on her face, the traditional ‘dulhan’ look and accessories like the maang-tika and some heavy Indian jewellery, Maria created the perfect #badbeti look.

While for some it may be an art but for Maria  it is more than that. Talking about her journey she said. “I was born in Bathinda, India, and brought up in Rexdale, Canada. Coming to a new country as a child I always felt the need to assimilate. Slowly that changed and I realized that I never needed to conform myself to the ideals of the western society, but to mould myself positively with time and space.”

“I don’t give an ‘Indian twist’ to work/myself. I’m an Indian – Canadian who builds a bridge between my two cultures to create meaningful art. This isn’t a skull that I put an ‘Indian Twist’ on, its more than that.”

“It talks about the struggle of an immigrant who feels the need to assimilate to a new world and all the grief attached to it. It’s a stem of the anger and depression that I suffered as a child and sometimes still continue to deal with.

Watch he art pieces:

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