USHA SHANTHARAM

Aritst Usha Shantharam takes inspiration from her day to day experiences in life, and paints her landscapes, figuratives, still life and portraits in the ‘Contemporary Impressionism’ style.  Her signature techniques include using of special glazing methods and pure paints to create paintings. She typically never uses pure black, but mixes her own chromatic darks instead. She has a passion for experimenting with interesting new color combinations, unusual angles, and the play of light and shadows in her paintings.

Her ‘Body Language’ series of paintings are based on day to day real life moments and experiences, capturing the simple attire, poise and posture of common Indian people. Whereas her ‘The Drawing Room Musings’ series is a collection of ‘en plein air’ paintings of Indian Landscapes done on location at Lal Bagh Bengaluru, and Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary. Her ‘LAYA’ series of paintings are a collection of figurative paintings of classical dancers performing on stage. 

She has exhibited extensively across India, in Bangalore, Calcutta, Hyderabad,  Jodhpur, Jaipur and Goa in prestigious galleries like Chitra Kala Parishath, GC Centenary Fine Art Gallery, Renaissance Art Gallery, Sublime Art Gallery, Palette Symphony Art Gallery etc.  She has twelve group shows and two solo shows to her credit. 

Usha Shantharam’s paintings can be found in the private collections of Collectors  from India, U.S, South Africa and Australia. 

Contact details:   Usha Shantharam

                                Cell: 9343796153

                                Email:  usetty@gmail.com