Sudipta Karmakar's watercolor paintings have an atmospheric quality that combines accurate observation with technical precision, allowing him to capture a sense of place or moment with mystery and romance through sensitive forms and tones. Unlike many contemporary Indian artists who confuse tradition with avant-garde styles, Karmakar reinvents the watercolor tradition in a way that is not opposed to modernity, much like Paresh Maity, by re-evaluating the tradition with none of the problematic confusion between the old and new.