Silverina
The Portrait
A portrait to keep for generations.
Each portrait is painted by hand from a photograph, with close attention to expression, character and detail. The aim is not simply to reproduce an image, but to preserve the presence of the person within it.
Selected Works
Portraiture
Silverina — The Making
A Special Pleader
Jamshedji Tata
A Moment of Recognition
Every face begins with observation.
The painting begins where the photograph ends.
The Practice
Twenty years of looking closely.
For over two decades, Joy Chatterjee has devoted his practice to hyper-realistic portraiture, studying expression, character and the details that make a person unmistakably themselves.
Working from photographs, he paints each portrait by hand, translating a captured moment into a lasting presence on canvas.
His portraits have been presented to Kapil Dev, Sourav Ganguly and Shah Rukh Khan, and are held in the Boroline House collection and by private collectors in India and Italy.
West Bengal — India — Italy
Private Commissions
Begin a portrait.
A portrait painted by hand from your photograph, created with the care and permanence of something meant to remain in your family for generations.