Vineet Velandy's Short Captures Indian Painter Sukraat's Intricate Creative Practice

Vineet Velandy

Published on:

23 Sep 2025, 12:30 pm

3 min read

Vineet Velandy is an Indian photographer whose professional body of work primarily centred on interior design and lifestyle. Through a recent passion project, he chronicled the creative process that goes into each piece of art undertaken by painter and creative Sukraat. What follows is a deep dive into the meticulous, chaotic and fluid mind of an artist whose work consistently blurs the boundary between the real and the surreal.

Vineet Velandy

Tell us a little about this project.

It’s a conversational exploration of the creative process behind Sukraat’s artworks. Sukraat has a formal education in printmaking (BFA), he has spent over a decade refining his craft, immersing himself in the intricate world of textures, layers and colour.

The video moves through his physical universe, memories of art that is littered around him and glimpses of his current collection.

Featured artworks in the video include:

1. Made of Someone’s Sacrifices

2. Khoya Khoya Chand

3. And He Left Again

4. Who Loves Who.

5. Dinner on Acid

Sukraat

Describe your creative process and the purpose with which you create.

I think its part structured and part chaos. I like to be in control of technical stuff beforehand, while allowing my visuals the liberty of being chaotic and natural.

If I believe a story, image or a piece of art has moved me in a small capacity — I immediately believe there will be more people who can relate too. I think by creating, I seek a sense of community.

What are some of your biggest inspirations and influences over the course of your artistic career so far?

Growing up, it was also the fantasy world of Hogwarts; TinTin was fascinating. College was about soaking in artist from different fields, Gulzar, Bob Dylan, Raghu Rai to name a few. In my 20s it swayed to thinkers like Satyajit Ray, Manto, Piyush Pandey and a number of various directors/actors. Currently its circling around filmmakers.

I think movies have always been a major influence, I remember as a child I used to like watching the foreign films that were be telecast on one of the cable channels. I like watching independent cinema, being exposed to different cultures and ethnicities. I use poetry and music to travel across time and space.

Sukraat

What are some things you learned while putting this project together?

Spending time to be familiar with the artist changes your perspective of the work that you have visualised. After a few meetings with Sukraat, I got to know how deeply the space around you can help you elevate your art. His relation to his space is a good example of a healthy symbiosis that can nurture an artist.