Today, the Patuas make rectangular and square shaped paintings of different sizes. Social messages like conservation of trees, female infanticide, child – trafficking and AIDS awareness figure in their paintings. They also paint images of traditional subjects such as a cat eating a lobster or fish, tigers, rows of cows or white owls. The Patuas today do nqt make too many long story scrolls. A few of them still sing their selfcomposed songs, but only on demand.
