Kusum is widely regarded as an important female Warli artist from the Talasari district in Maharashtra. Having learnt the Warli painting technique from her grandmother, she has been practicing it for over 25 years. She has been trying to inculcate and educate her audiences and visitors, on the culture of the Warlis, by inviting them to her studio which she recently built with locally sourced materials such as bamboo and mud along with her husband. Kusum te ...