Pakistani Truck art has its unique individuality, a locally developed style because of its decorative style and colorful imagery. Painted trucks can be seen in all parts of the country but the trucks painted in Punjab are demonstrative of its popular culture and local myth. Punjab is known for its contribution in all kind of arts and crafts especially Lahore as it has been a historic cultural center of this region more than a thousand years. The land and colors of Punjab influenced the local truck iconography. At the same time, the unconscious appearance of golden spirals and rectangles in Truck art especially, bird imagery demonstrates that mathematics is the basic element of every art, applied intentionally or unintentionally. The images are free hand drawings but unintentional presence of golden ratio points towards the natural and spontaneous talent of the local artisans. For the purpose, a comparative analysis of the painted birds on trucks is developed with the artworks of Ustād Mansūr from the Mughal dynasty, highly distinguished for well-proportioned drawings of flora and fauna. The appearance of golden ratio in Truck art also validates that our country has a lot of natural aptitude for art on its roads. Thus, it becomes our national obligation to use and polish this treasured natural human talent. 

*Assistant Professor, Govt. College for Women, Gulberg, Lahore.

** Ex-Principal, College of Art & Design, University of the Punjab, Lahore

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