Nandalal's work reflects changing landscapes, portraits of people, sketches from life and places at the time of changing outlook in the modern Indian cultural domain. His nature to explore the various materials and mediums allowed him to make a prolific body of work in different mediums.  Along with his explorations of art learning from the art of the Tagores and Ajanta murals, he also imbibed the techniques of art from the European indigenous tradition and the Japanese wash technique. 

This painting portraying Shri Chaitanya sitting under the Stambha, one can see the reflection of all these styles, as seen in the wash technique he uses as well as the light effect he creates in the painting.