A majority of Sanat Kar's works are surrealistic and have a curious dream-like appearance, mostly nightmarish. Figures are distorted and barely recognizable and leave an uncomfortable feeling behind them. The same treatment is given to objects. As a result, all his paintings hover on the edge of reality without ever actually reaching there, symbolizing the mysteries of life to which there are no answers. He was born in 1935 in Santiniketan. The artist maintains a low profile and allows his work to speak for him. His paintings are eloquent testimony to his talent and artistic powers. He uses the medium of tempera most often in his work and there are layers within layers that emerge on closer perusal. A favorite is the image of the sea: an angry grey-green out of which arise, men and women, as if just born, still with the placental fluid obscuring their faces. A large number of the creatures are amphibious, showing the all-pervading influence of water on our lives and the fear that it can generate. Sanat Kar lives in 1935 at Santiniketan. The colors Kar utilizes are in keeping with his somber mood. Mauve, dark green, browns, magentas, and greys do nothing to relieve the pervasive darkness. He plays cleverly with alternating levels of light and dark to highlight the atmosphere of gloom. The texture of the material he works with also adds to the aura and his detailed penmanship lends credence to the whole.