R. Karthikeyan is a Chennai based artist whose art practice started from the traditional chariot wood carvings and temple stone carvings. He was deeply invested in the medium itself and experimented with it for years. Inspired by the nature around him, his more recent painting works depicts flowers, leaves, fruits and birds among the women and men he portrays. He has participated in various art camps over the past decade and his paintings have been showcased in several exhibitions across India and Singapore.