Usha Rajagopal is a British Asian artist connected with the art world for more than a decade.Two years of Art and Design and photography in West Sussex paved the way to pursue art in London where she moved to. This was followed by short courses at Birbeck and Heatherley School of fine Art in watercolour and acrylic.She is currently studying Abstract Art and Ceramic Sculpture at Heatherley in Chelsea.Her paintings reflect the greenery of the South Downs where she has lived most of her life and the sunny climes of Northern and Southern India where she was born and grew up. She is also a figurative abstract artist and loves to have the human connection in most of her paintings.Her deep spiritual temperament can be subtly seen in her works. Usha’s time spent in Trinidad and Tobago while growing up has had an impact in her figurative Impressionism work.

Statement

Abstraction allows me to tap into my innermost feelings and emotions in a more spontaneous manner. It helps me to connect with my natural surroundings. What appears on the canvas is an internal language that is highly charged and emotional. I paint in watercolours, acrylic gouache and inks. I use watercolours for smaller compositions and acrylic for my bigger works.My paintings speaks of places known or unknown, past or present yet colourful comforting and familiar.Each painting like memories is filled with layer upon layer of paint and the idea is to make every painting unique and bearing its own identity.It is also my quest as an artist to find creativity as an antidote to losses and trials human beings have to confront in their life’s journey. I am also a Visitor Host and Guide at Tate Britain.