Varsha Pradhan
September 2023’s Featured Artist
Artist Bio:
Varsha Pradhan is a fine artist and has studied painting in college and privately under nationally and internationally known artists. She holds a Bachelors degree in Psychology, a diploma in Textile Design from Bombay University and an Associate Degree in Advertising Design. Originally from India, Varsha has displayed and sold her paintings nationally and internationally. She has traveled extensively and is fascinated by architecture all over the world. She likes to explore styles of twentieth century masters like Pollock, de Kooning, Picasso and Rothko. Her style has evolved to abstract expressionism, using oils and acrylics and mixed media on canvas. She finds new textures by blending colors with palette knives. She is always inspired by colors and shapes in nature and how harmoniously balanced nature can be.
Varsha has displayed her paintings in Charlotte, Gastonia, Spartanburg, Raleigh, Kings Mountain, Mint Hill and internationally in India. In Charlotte, the McColl Center for Visual Arts, Manor Theater, Charlotte Art League, Queens Gallery, Spirit Square, the Festival of India, CPCC Pease Gallery, Hart Witzen Gallery, Gil gallery in Charlotte. ASC selected her 50 paintings for the Community supported
art.
Please visit her Website:
www.VarshaPradhan.com
Instagram: @varshaart
Artist Statement:
Under the Sun Under the Sea series is all about fascination with nature and how perfect it can be. The colors in harmony the shapes balanced. Summer season has been celebrated by all. A carefree time of rejuvenation and uplifting. My inspiration comes from natural organic forms on land and sea. I convey through my paints, thick gestural brush strokes and textures with palate knives the feeling of experiencing glorious nature whether it is rainforests or sunsets or coral reefs under the sea. The organic forms in nature also influence abstract shapes in my paintings. I like the use of bold colors and a bright palette. My favorite medium is acrylics and sometimes combining them pastels and fluid acrylics and other mixed media. I like to paint in semi abstract expressionistic style.