He painted landscapes that gave full rein to his penchant for
nature and its fanciful shapes and colours, with the ocean being
an endless source of fascination. Several of his paintings are
surrealistic and abstract in his depiction of the teeming life
underwater. Primarily interested in watercolours, Dasgupta
nevertheless painted in other mediums as well. He had to give up
oils, when he developed an allergy to turpentine and linseed oil.
Thereafter, he took up acrylic. But his preferred medium always
remained watercolour.
Moving slowly, but surely, from realistic images to the
completely abstract, Dasgupta used textural changes and sharp-
defined colour schemes, making his landscapes come alive with
shifting shapes and barely visible forms.
