Shyamal Mukherjee

A vertical painting by Shyamal Mukherjee portrays a stylized South Asian woman dressed in a vivid red garment adorned with a polka-dot pattern. The woman is presented in a somewhat exaggerated, almost cartoonish, style. Her face is softly rounded, featuring wide, expressive eyes and a distinctly prominent nose. . She wears glasses and a distinctive reddish-orange mark on her forehead. Her hands are large and are holding a large, ornate, green jar or pot, decorated with intricate symbolic or abstract patterns, likely indicative of traditional motifs. The painting seems to utilize a mixed-media approach, combining elements of Indian folk art and perhaps a stylized Western artistic approach. The background is a pale orange/peach tone. The work as a whole gives the impression of a lively, richly detailed example of folk art.