Meet Suchi
“Hi, I'm Suchi.”
I'm an artist, storyteller, and the heart behind Art by Suchi. I believe creativity has an extraordinary way of bringing people together, helping us slow down, connect, and see the beauty in the everyday.
Although I've always been creative, I didn't embrace art as my career until later in life. That decision changed everything. It taught me that it's never too late to follow your passion, reinvent yourself, and create a life filled with purpose.
Originally from Pune, India, and now calling Encinitas, California home, my work is inspired by the places I've lived, the cultures I've experienced, and the stories that connect us all. I paint intuitive, expressive pieces layered with color, texture, and meaning, often drawing inspiration from nature, family traditions, textiles, and the simple moments that become our most treasured memories.
Art by Suchi has grown into more than a studio. It's a place where people gather to create, celebrate, and connect. From paint and sip experiences and wellness retreats to corporate workshops, custom commissions, and wearable art, every offering is designed to make creativity approachable, joyful, and meaningful.
One of my greatest joys is helping others discover that they don't need to be an artist to make art. Some of my favorite moments happen when someone says, "I didn't think I could do this," and leaves with a painting they're proud of and a smile they didn't expect.
When I'm not in the studio, you'll often find me collaborating with local businesses, exploring new creative ideas, traveling for inspiration, or dreaming up my next workshop or collection.
Thank you for being here. Whether you're looking for original artwork, a memorable creative experience, or a custom piece that tells your story, I'm honored to be part of your journey.
Second Act
Some careers are chosen early.
Others are waiting for us to become ready.
Suchi had always been creative. Becoming an artist professionally came later. And perhaps that is precisely why her story matters.
Choosing art as a second act became more than a change of career. It became proof that reinvention has no deadline, creativity keeps its own calendar, and a life can become larger the moment we decide to listen to the part of ourselves we have been postponing.
Today, her work has travelled through galleries, civic spaces, cultural festivals, and artist residencies from California to France.
In the studio • Original canvas in progress
A practice that keeps travelling.
Château d'Orquevaux
International Artist Residency • France
Suchi completed an international artist residency at the Château d'Orquevaux in France: two weeks that produced an entire body of work, including the Belonging collection featured in her Selected Work.
Artist talk: the residency experience and the making of Belonging
BeeWorthy Farms Artist Residency
California • 2026 →Creativity, in service of something bigger.
ASNJ, New Jersey
Sakhi, New York
Supporting survivors of domestic abuse
Ahaana, San Diego, CA
Rcoz, Fremont, CA
Mental Health Awareness
Pune Blind Girls Home and School
With Inner Wheel Club Pune, India
Cancer HelpDesk, San Diego, CA
Ahaana Youth Workshop, CA
Mental Health Awareness
What if making art could also make a difference?
For Suchi, creativity and community have never existed separately. Her artwork, live painting, workshops and artist talks have supported initiatives connected with women, young people, cultural organizations, humanitarian causes and community fundraising.
Not because art can solve everything.
But because art has an extraordinary ability to gather people around something that matters.
Art as a shared space of celebration and gathering
Chanda Mama's Garden
Growing up in India, Suchi's mother told bedtime stories of Chanda Mama, the beloved Moon Uncle, and the whimsical moon garden every Indian child grows up singing about.
For her first grandchild Mira's first birthday, Suchi wrote and illustrated that same story her mother once told her, passed down three generations. The garden has changed a little for today: rivers of milk and cheese, strawberry breeze, and broccoli trees instead of candy, with Mira's loyal pup Jude by her side.
A love letter across generations, and across the distance between Encinitas and India.
In her own words, elsewhere.
I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way things I had no words for.
The record, so far.
Residencies
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Recent
International Artist Residency, Château d'Orquevaux, France
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2026
BeeWorthy Farms Artist Residency, California (upcoming)
Art Exhibits & Workshops
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2026
Plein Air Experience at BeeWorthy Farms
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2026
Lippan Workshop at Art Camp 4 Grown-Ups
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2026
Surfing Madonna Group Art Show to Save the Oceans, Escondido Art Gallery
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2026
“Love Letters to Myself” Workshop with Ahaana, San Marcos High School
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2026
Art Show at Artists in the House
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2026
Hera Hub Group Show
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2024
Tree of Hope at Bamboo Garden
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2023
Art Show at Villa Musica
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2022
Cancer Help Desk Fundraiser, San Diego
Talks & Fundraisers
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2025
Ahaana Youth Workshop, CA
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2024
Pune Blind Girls Home and School, India
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2024
Cancer HelpDesk, San Diego, CA
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2023
Rcoz, Fremont, CA
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2021
Sakhi, New York
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2021
ASNJ, New Jersey
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2021
Ahaana, San Diego, CA
Press & Books
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Book
Author & Illustrator, Chanda Mama's Garden
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Press
SD Voyager: “Life & Work with Suchi of Encinitas”
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Press
Bamboo Garden Wellness: Podcast Interview























