The women in Basuki Dasgupta's paintings are inspired by goddesses in his own life as they live with incredible poise and grace. The women take prominence in most of his works with eyes half-closed and their countenance very still. Fusing abstract caricature with vernacular imagery, Dasgupta’s works are saturated in colours and whimsy on the surface. Upon deeper examination, they reveal a recurring poignant bridging of dualities, whether between nature and mankind, darkness and light, rural and urban, ego and self, or the human and divine. Texture is his first priority; a physical experience he holds dearly. He plays with paper pulp, hard boards, and thick acrylic paints to achieve the unique texture and patterns you see in his works. When he runs his fingers against his own paintings today, he is reminded of all those intimate memories of paintings and murals he experienced in the famed terracotta temples of Bishnupur, West Bengal.