Ramayana: A Pictorial Ode on Indian Ethics

Champak Bhattacharya is an  artist and a  poet awarded at various State, National and International level platforms. His rich body of work is based on realistic depiction spread across various art styles like Water color, pen sketch, wood carvings etc. In the year 1997 his poetry book “ARPAN” published at Bhopal (M.P) by Padao Prakashan and released by a poet Kamleshwar.
The Artist belongs to a family of extremely gifted and genius artists. Artist’s Father Late Shri Ajit Bhattacharya is known to have pioneered the now famous “Wood Carvings” of Bastar with Tribal Motifs. This upbringing and background has enabled the artist to master many art forms like Water color, Oil color, Clay modeling, Wood carving, Fabric paining, Paper crafts, Pastel work etc. The artist has worked closely on the lifestyle & culture of the Mariya Muriya tribes of Bastar, Chhattisgarh and majority of his work is hugely inspired and based on the same.
The artist is also a follower of the works of artists like Raja Ravi Varma, Jamini Roy, Abanindra Nath Tagore, Nandlal Bose, Prodosh Dasgupta  Protul Banerjee, Bankim Chatterjee and Ajit Bhattacharya(father) . His paintings are reflective of the work done by all these great artists.