Eco Park's car painting festival sees stellar response from auto enthusiasts

Kolkata: The three-day car painting festival at Eco Park has evoked great response among young car owners.

The motto behind painting cars, which has become a popular form of art, is to construct a bridge between automobile and art and also to ensure that the owners maintain their cars and do not drive recklessly.

The theme of the festival is closely associated with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Safe Drive Save Life programme, where stress is laid on careful driving.

A group of 'cartists' have arrived at the city from Jaipur and are painting modern cars. Many young vintage car owners have brought their vehicles to paint them in beautiful and vibrant colours.

The art of car painting has become famous globally after gaining popularity in USA.

The cartists said there was tremendous enthusiasm among car owners in Kolkata to paint their vehicles. The paintings are done free of cost. They said: "We want the owners to maintain their cars. They should not drive recklessly and damage the vehicles."

They take one day to complete a vehicle. One or more artists work on one vehicle at a time. The paintings include abstract art, scenery or scenes from a poem or a play.

The cartists will also paint two walls near the medical clinic situated inside Eco Park.