I’ve long been a fan of local artists providing the colour and panache to the Maldives resorts. The local artist community is thriving in recent years with more and more properties embracing their inspired work. But Oaga has gone well beyond just commissioning some lovely pieces to hang on the villa walls, and has set loose an platoon of palette wielders to provide every nook and cranny of the island with vibrant designs and decoration in the form of dramatic and gigantic murals.
I’ve already shared Oaga’s pool mural. The rooms have murals especially the Bodu Haruge Beach Villas with Private Pool have their own special storied behind them:
- “One slanted wall of all the villas have a large mural, hand-drawn using black ink by process-oriented artist Moosa Mamdhooh Ahmed (aka. Mamdhu). He has based this series of murals on folktales and mythologies, most of which depict epic Maldivian tales. Fun facts: The artwork on our tote bags come from this series and you can meet the artist himself at the Suvāsthi Retail Gallery.”
Here is a sampling of the many I came across during our stay…
