Warm rays, a long fretted neck and lettering that bounces like a 70s album sleeve.

Sunny Sitar is sitar art in a groovy retro style, with the classic Indian string instrument laid across a glowing sunburst under big, rounded words. Hang it where music gets played, practiced or talked about, and it gives the room a warm, easygoing focal point.

The design: one sitar, one sun, two bouncy words

A single sitar stretches diagonally from the lower left toward the upper right. Its round cream gourd body carries two small flower rosettes and a bridge, and its long fretted neck climbs past a row of round black tuning pegs to the headstock, which tips into the Y of SUNNY at the top.

Behind it, a mustard sun disc throws out long, thin rays across a flat, dark slate-green background. The words SUNNY and SITAR sit above and below in rounded, bouncy 1970s letters, and the gourd touches the S of SITAR, so instrument and type lock together into one shape.

Mustard, cream and black on deep green give it the feel of an old screen-printed concert poster, and a thin cream border with lightly scuffed corners adds the look of a print that has hung in a music room for years. That wear is printed in as part of the art.

A soft matte sheet for a flat-color, screen-print look

• Portrait options: 5″×7″ (12.7 × 17.8 cm), 8″×10″ (20.3 × 25.4 cm), 11″×14″ (27.9 × 35.6 cm), 12″×16″ (30.5 × 40.6 cm), 12″×18″ (30.5 × 45.7 cm), 16″×20″ (40.6 × 50.8 cm), A2 (16.5″×23.3″, 41.9 × 59.2 cm), 18″×24″ (45.7 × 61.0 cm), 20″×30″ (50.8 × 76.2 cm), A1 (23.3″×33.1″, 59.2 × 84.1 cm) and 24″×36″ (61.0 × 91.4 cm)
• Square options: 10″×10″ (25.4 × 25.4 cm), 12″×12″ (30.5 × 30.5 cm), 14″×14″ (35.6 × 35.6 cm), 16″×16″ (40.6 × 40.6 cm) and 18″×18″ (45.7 × 45.7 cm)
• 189 g/m² enhanced matte paper, 10.3 mil thick, with a soft no-shine surface that suits flat retro inks and reads well under lamp light
• The sun and lettering stay warm against the deep background thanks to a sheet rated at 104% ISO brightness
• Light does not shine through: 94% opacity keeps a busy wall from showing behind the deep green
• Paper sourced from Japan; each poster is made to order and ships without a frame

Who it's for

Sitar players and students, lovers of Indian classical music, and anyone gathering 70s-style music art for a practice room, a living room listening corner or a cozy reading nook. It suits a birthday, a music-school graduation, Diwali or a housewarming for a household that keeps instruments out on display.

Quick answers

Is the instrument drawn like a real sitar or a cartoon?

It is a stylized drawing, not a photo. It shows a real sitar's parts: the round gourd, the long fretted neck and the row of tuning pegs, drawn flat with clean outlines in a retro screen-print manner.

Is the scuffed border real wear?

No. The worn corners and the thin border are printed into the art to give it an aged poster feel. Your print arrives new and clean.

Do the square sizes still show the whole sitar?

Yes. Both words and the entire instrument fit inside the square, with a slightly narrower border around them. A square suits a shelf ledge or a symmetrical grid of four.

Will it work next to instruments hung on the wall?

Yes. Between a guitar hook and a bookshelf, a 16″×20″ (40.6 × 50.8 cm) or 18″×24″ (45.7 × 61.0 cm) print stays easy to read at a glance without crowding the instruments around it.

Shipping and returns

Free US shipping. US delivery usually 5–12 business days. Easy 30-day returns.

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