Sudeshna Chattopadhyay and The Art of Serenity

Sudeshna with a selection of her paintings, plates and cards which are available in our gallery.

Now based in York, Sudeshna was born in India, but has also lived in Alicante and Mexico City.
She recently graduated with a BA (First Class Hons) in Contemporary Fine Art from the University of Leeds.
Sudeshna says, ‘My paintings feel like pages in my diary through which I explore everyday feelings associated with the experiences of relationships to the self, other, objects.
I use acrylics and oils to work in an intuitive and playful way, exploring their materiality and juxtaposing thick paint with thin to create an interesting contrast on the surfaces of my paintings.
My chosen palette consists of pastel shades, as I see them as colours which offer a quiet and contemplative mood to the viewer’s eye. Sometimes I change this to livelier colours depending on the mood in the painting I am working on.
I think of Amadeo Modigliani, Gwen John, Peter Doig, Winifred Nicholson, Henri Matisse amongst many others when I work.
I prefer to let the viewer give meaning to my work in time and space; after all, I am of the view that what a piece of work means to me keeps changing.’

A quietly spoken woman, there is a peace and serenity in Sudeshna’s personality and her paintings.  With titles such as ‘Comforted’ and ‘Appreciation,’ it is easy to observe the artist within the art and the art inside the artist.  Art is most definitely an expression of personality.  Owning a work by Sudeshna Chattopadhyay is like owning joy and peace. We love her bold, colourful paintings with their expressions of charm, individuality and serenity and we hope you do too.