A qualified professional from the Government College of Fine Arts Thrissur, having conducted and participated in many art shows and exhibitions with many of his creations, both in India and abroad, he is a seasoned artist with over 33 years of experience. Santhosh Lal is extremely skilled in reading the pulse and trends of the society, endowed with enviable talents of communicating in the languages of drawing, painting and sculpting.

The artist has his own style of depicting any situation by means of paired contrasts like dream/reality, effect /side effect, modern/ancient, new/old etc as situation demands, in all his art work thereby communicating very strong views on many contemporary realities. Using this concept the artist skillfully presents the intensity and magnitude of his subject by varying sizes, colors, illuminations and thematic picturizations. The artist attracts the attention of any erudite worshipper of arts by his sheer intelligent imagination.