Flourishing Through Beauty Presented by Windows to the Divine
Nov 5-14, 2026
Opening Reception: Nov 5th 4:30-6:30p
Gallery 1261
This show is about finding beauty through art; connecting with spirituality and more. Artists from around the US and the world are in the show. It opens Thursday, Nov 5th at Gallery 1261. Several free events are available including a panel discussion on Neuroscience and the Arts, a tour of the Benson Hotel art collection and more.
For a preview of the paintings in the show please click here.
To sign up for the events on the 5th, please click here.
A World of Thanks
Nov 14-30, 2026
Opening Reception and Demo:
Nov 14 10a-1p
Saks Galleries
Gratitude and thanks are the theme for this show, comprising of the artists at Saks Gallery. The opening is on Nov 14th coinciding with the 2nd Saturday Art Walk and Denver Art Week. I will be doing a demo during the opening.
For more information please visit https://saksgalleries.com/Raj-Chaudhuri
Paint the Music Jamboree with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra
November 20th, 2026 7:30p
Boettcher Concert Hall
Denver Performing Arts Complex
Several invited artists will be painting the rehearsals of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra culminating for 3 days along with Live Painting at the performance of the Symphony on Nov 20th and an art show of our works that night! This event is a collaboration with Colorado State University’s Arts Management Program. There will be a show of many of these works at Saks Galleries next year. For tickets to the event please click here.
National Western Coors Art Exhibit and Sale 2027
Jan 9-24th 2025
Red Carpet Event: Jan 7th 5-9p
Legacy Building
This is one of the premier western art shows in the country. The Red Carpet Event (which is ticketed) is on Jan 7th. The show runs through the duration of the Stock Show at the Legacy Building on the National Western Stock Show Campus.
For more information please visit the Coors Western website: click here.
4 Day Painting Workshop at Bluebird Studios
Painting Process: Painting People and Horses in the Landscape
September 15-18, 2027
Bluebird Studios, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Come spend 4 days with me learning at an in-depth painting workshop at Bluebird Studios in Santa Fe. Focusing on People and Horses in the Landscape the workshop will start with design considerations, using thumbnails to study and learn compositional techniques. Separating value from color, doing color studies, adding narrative elements, gradation of edges and many more topics will be covered in detail. Understanding the ‘why’ behind truisms instead of giving more rules that tie down creativity, simplifying the process of painting into manageable parts, a two value start to a painting and several guided demos will comprise the workshop. Daily lectures and demonstrations will start each session. There will be lots of studio painting time as well as plein air with personalized critiques and techniques to improve your work.
For more information please visit the Bluebird Studios website, click here.
2 Day Painting Workshop at ASLD
Painting the Figure in the Landscape
Sept 19-20th, 2026 | 10:00a - 2:00p
Location: A-01 (Annex)
200 Grant St Denver, CO 80203 United States
Cost: $146.20
Immersive painting class, covering all aspects of plein air painting, equipment, setting up, materials and more. This two day workshop will have demos, guided painting and lectures covering composition, color studies and steps for making studio paintings from the plein air piece. We will paint outdoors at the league and do the lectures at the Annex building.
Governor's Show at Loveland Museum
April 25 - June 6, 2026
The Governor's Show opens April 24th at the Loveland Museum in Loveland, CO. On May 30th (10-4p) we will be painting a model at the museum.
For more information please visit https://governorsartshow.org/artists/chaudhuri/
In Good Company at Saks Galleries
May 1 - 15, 2026
Our longstanding figurative painting gathering, a 20+ year creative inspiration—will be opening at Saks Galleries. A long standing group of artists meet on Wednesday nights to paint a model. This show will feature 12 of us.
For more information please visit https://saksgalleries.com/Raj-Chaudhuri
2 Day Painting Workshop at ASLD
Learn to Make Clean Color in Oil Painting
April 18-19, 2026 | 10a - 5p
Location: Art Students League Room 202
Cost: $259
Learn how to mix clean colors in oil by making color charts, separate value from color, hands on demos of painting with color and exploring color approaches. We will do several guided painting exercises which will have students create the color mixtures and put them down on canvas.
AIS Small Works Show
May 1 - 30 2026
The 10th annual American Impressionists Society’s Small Works show will be taking place at the J. Petter Gallery near Saugatuck & Douglas, Michigan.
To see all the paintings at the show please visit: https://jpettergalleries.com/show/j-petter-galleries-american-impressionist-society-small-works-showcase
March 19th - July 31, 2026
Beyond the Western Horizon
Opening Reception: March 19th 5-8p
The Madden Gallery at the Museum of Outdoor Art presents 'Beyond the Western Horizon". Please come to the reception if you are free. Visit https://moaonline.org/beyond/ to reserve complimentary tickets.
Cherry Creek Magazine Feature Winter 2026
2 Day Painting Workshop at ASLD
Painting the Figure in the Landscape
Feb 6th and 7th, 2026 | 12:30p - 4:30pm
Location: Art Students League A-01 (Annex)
Cost: $168
Join me and learn how to paint the figure in a landscape. Painting from life, this class will have a demonstration first and then a guided paint for the rest of the class. Each day, there will be a lecture on concepts that are important for painting, such as composition, value separation and more.
National Western Coors Art Exhibit and Sale 2026
Jan 8-25th 2025
Looking forward to another amazing Coors Art Show! The Red Carpet event is January 8th. For more information please visit:
Still Life Demo with Daniel Sprick and Raj Chaudhuri
January 17th, 2026 | 1-5p
Dan’s studio in Denver
Dan and I are doing a still life demo at his studio on January 17th, 2026. Come spend the afternoon with us and see the process of setting up a still life and painting it. This event is a fundraiser for the Art Students League and a 100% of the proceeds will be donated to them. For more information visit the Art Students League’s website (click here).
Demo at
Saks Galleries
Nov 8th 10:30a-3:45p
Saturday, Nov 8th, would love to see you at Saks Galleries, where I will be painting live starting around 10:45am. Anytime before 3:30pm, feel free to stop by.
In the studio, I’m starting a new series on India—this new painting below will be available at Saks.
Plein Air Painting in India 2025
Traveling to India always provides the opportunity to paint in places such as Udaipur and Jaiselmer and my boarding school Mayo College. I am so excited about the Marwari horses, polo playing and the races at the Calcutta Turf Club. Here’s are a few of the many paintings I’ve done so far in Plein Air.
Real Academy of Art:
The Process of Painting: People and the Landscape
June 30 - July 2 9a-4p
Real Academy of Art Colorado
This in-depth workshop will show the process of painting and how to use that to your advantage. Starting from the essentials of composition, to learning how to separate value from color, you will see how
thoughtful development of the work creates a more finished product. With exercises on color studies,
thumbnails and demos, I will show you invaluable techniques that will improve your understanding of
what is behind a good painting. My focus is on the process of painting, and I will help you break a very
complex problem down into smaller logical parts that can be addressed one at a time. We will move
beyond copying photographs and instead envision, then create, paintings! Equally importantly, you can
grow tools for painterly choices and stop just rendering detail from your reference.
The workshop will focus on creating landscape paintings with figures. Learn to balance and emphasize
what you want in the painting.
There will be several painting demonstrations by me during the workshop. You will work on your own
painting with individualized teaching and critiques throughout it. We will study historical paintings and
learn about how light affects landscapes and the figure, the basic structures of a landscape painting and
how to compose them successfully in a painting.
Among the topics we will cover are:
- What makes a good design? How to identify the essence of a painting structurally
- The relationship between the design of a painting and its narrative
- Harmonizing color
- How much detail do you need?
- What is the painting about? Why Intent matters?
Cost: $600
National Western Coors Art Exhibit and Sale 2025
Jan 7-26th 2025
Here are the paintings I exhibited at the Coors Show this year
Create Strong Compositions for Painting
April 3-24, 2025 6-9pm
Art Students League of Denver
This April I am teaching a weekly class for the month of April on Composition. The class will teach students how to create strong, clear, and dynamic compositions from photographs. It will show how the composition drives the success of a painting. We will study historical and contemporary paintings, deriving the compositions from them. Students will bring in their photographs to create compositions and start to paint. I will do several demonstration of this process as well as painting in the classes. How to omit unnecessary detail from the painting, which shape is the painting about, and so much more will be covered in the class.
Cost: $220
Painting in India
Here are some pics of the paintings I did in Kolkata, and Rajasthan India. I got to paint my beautiful mom too!
Atelier in India
A life long dream of mine, to take students to India and teach / paint there! Here are pictures from this magical workshop and painting trip in Jan/Feb 2024.
