Shakti

Medium:Pastel
Height:12.5 inch / 31.8 cm
Width:10.5 inch / 26.7 cm
Dimension:W: 26.7 cm × H: 31.8 cm

Suhas Roy’s 2013 Shakti, pastel on paper, portrays the divine feminine with a serene yet powerful gaze. Rich warm tones, soft textures, and delicate detailing evoke beauty, grace, and spiritual strength.

Original price was: ₹250,000.00.Current price is: ₹96,000.00.

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Suhas Roy | Untitled | Pastel on Paper | 12.5 x 10.5 inches | 2013

This 2013 pastel on paper by Suhas Roy, titled Shakti, embodies the spiritual strength and quiet grace of the feminine divine. Dominated by warm tones of red and orange, the composition centers on an intense yet serene gaze that draws the viewer inward. The soft blending of pastels creates a velvety texture, giving the face an ethereal glow, while the subtle detailing of the bindi, nose pin, and forehead ornament reinforces her cultural and symbolic presence. Roy’s mastery lies in his ability to evoke both beauty and power in simplicity, making this portrait a timeless invocation of the goddess energy.

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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