| Medium | : | Mixed Media, Pastel, Sketch |
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| Height | : | 12 inch / 30.5 cm |
| Width | : | 9 inch / 22.9 cm |
| Surface | : | Paper |
| Style | : | Landscapes |
| Dimension | : | W: 22.9 cm × H: 30.5 cm |
| Year | : | 2007 |
An atmospheric pastel and sketch work by Suhas Roy depicting a solitary tree within a softly imagined landscape. Created with fluid lines and delicate tonal textures, the artwork evokes a sense of calm, introspection, and connection to nature, capturing the beauty of the landscape through emotion rather than detail.
Suhas Roy | Untitled | Pastel & Sketch on Paper | 9 x 12 inches | 2007
This untitled work by Suhas Roy is a poetic interpretation of nature, created through a delicate combination of pastel and sketch on paper. At first glance, the composition appears simple — a solitary tree standing amidst a softly suggested landscape — but the longer one looks, the more the artwork reveals its quiet complexity. Through spontaneous lines, smudged tonal effects, and fluid mark-making, Roy transforms an ordinary scene into an evocative meditation on memory, atmosphere, and the passage of time.
The tree stands as the central presence within the composition, its slender trunk and intricate branches rendered with expressive, calligraphic strokes. Rather than aiming for botanical precision, the artist captures the essence and spirit of the landscape. The surrounding terrain emerges through loose, gestural marks and soft tonal washes, creating a dreamlike environment that feels suspended between reality and recollection. The interplay of dark lines and smoky textures lends the work a sense of movement, as though a gentle breeze is passing through the branches.
Characteristic of Suhas Roy’s sensitive artistic language, the artwork balances spontaneity with restraint. The monochromatic palette enhances its contemplative mood, allowing viewers to focus on rhythm, texture, and emotion rather than colour. There is a feeling of solitude and serenity throughout the composition, inviting reflection on nature’s quiet resilience and enduring beauty.
Compact yet deeply expressive, this work demonstrates the artist’s remarkable ability to convey atmosphere and emotion with the simplest of visual elements. It is a landscape not merely observed, but felt — an intimate glimpse into nature filtered through the artist’s imagination and memory.
Suhas roy’s early Etchings, Landscapes, and Christ figures eventually gave way to his radha series – paintings of women, beautiful, luminous, and slightly melancholic, gazing at the viewer or away into the distance.
Born in Dacca (now Dhaka) in present-day Bangladesh, Suhas Roy had a difficult childhood after the early demise of his father. Yet, he pursued his passion for the arts with the support of his mother and studied at Indian College of Arts and Draughtsmanship, Calcutta, where he would eventually return as college principal.
Though Roy came to be known for his Radha series of paintings later in his career, he practiced printmaking and glass painting too, and created art on a variety of subjects. The protagonist is the mythic embodiment of feminine beauty, born out of his belief in the need for beauty in art.
Upon graduation, Roy went to Paris on a scholarship with fellow artists Jogen Chowdhury and Dipak Bannerjee, where he studied graphic arts under S. W. Hayter at Atelier 17 and mural art at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. A month spent in southern Europe visiting churches inspired his series on Jesus Christ in a variety of mediums. He also incorporated elements from the minimalist works of Japanese artist Taikan in his landscapes. Besides, he captured the political turbulence in Bengal during the Naxalite movement through his Disaster series.
Roy, who retired as professor of painting at Santiniketan’s Kala Bhavana, passed away in Kolkata on October 18 2016.
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