The Golden Hour

“The Golden Hour” is a window into the heart and mind of Shruti Ghatak, whose work is inspired by everyday life experiences, conversations, and personal memories. Through her intimate blend of color and form, Ghatak explores the genres of figurative landscape and portraiture, inviting viewers to step into her world—a world where the boundaries between memory, reality, and imagination blur.

Shruti Ghatak received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting from the New York Studio School, NY, and an MS in Organic Chemistry (specializing in Color Technology) from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India. Her work reflects a deep engagement with subjects from life, memory, and imagination—combining figures, landscapes, and abstract prisms of light. Ghatak’s art has been exhibited nationally and internationally.

“My works are inspired by everyday life experiences, conversations, and personal memory,” says Ghatak. “Displacement, belongings, and identity take center stage in my work as I explore the genres of figurative landscape, still life, and portraiture. I consider my works as journal pages, more like an autobiography where people, places, objects, memory, and imagination collide with no particular order or rule.”