Dacca Days

Over the year Pacita continued to visit various areas of the country and was always surprised to notice the differences in landscape and regional characteristics. She always found the environment to be hospitable and most people, especially the women, welcomed her requests to sketch and paint.

As a result, she continued to paint scenes of daily life of women, fetching water, sitting in the park, washing or combing their hair, as well as school girls. In fact, one woman in Rangpur named Resmy stopped Pacita and insisted that she be painted. Another man, Ibrahim, who was begging by the road was overjoyed that Pacita chose to paint him. She painted so much during one of her country travels that she ran out of paper and had to improvise, creating a couple of paintings on newspaper pages.

Pacita also had the opportunity to cross over the border to Calcutta, where she was delighted to see the paintings of Rabindranath Tagore, as well as the colorful Durga Puja celebrations.

Jaintapur, 1978 (20 x 30 in)

Ink on paper