His natural aptitude for painting at an early age made him join for BFA(1991-95) in Painting at Kerala University. Satheesh Paul began to focus on serious work of art and pursued his studies to earn MFA in Graphics from Bangalore University (1998-99). At Bangalore he became exposed to contemporary styles and started on experimenting with new techniques.

His artwork and creative practice extended into diverse modes, forms and mediums resulting in astonishing levels of variety and subtlety in his works. He rendered his experiences in life to paint on canvas, crayon and graphic prints. Avoiding lavish use of colour, the muted and subdued hues of Satheesh’s earlier works only add to the powerful imagery. The intensity of emotions is obviously depicted in the eyes of the figures

Later he transformed his brilliant sense of colour to express the depth of his paintings. The colours in Satheesh's paintings are at once, vibrant and subdued. With all its contemplation, his work is very powerful and intense. His symbolic compositions are mostly figurative and abstract.

He has been included in a number of International Group shows including International Art Festival, Greece in 2004, Indian Artists Exhibition, Indonesia in 2007 and Florence Biennale in 2011. He received awards from Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat in 1999 and Kerala State in 2005. He exhibited his works in many solo exhibitions in India and abroad. Born in Trivandrum, India, he now resides in Bahrain.