Shashikant Dhotre

Shashikant Dhotre is an artist who invites our attention towards gone by days of village life of rural  Maharashtra, wherein, in absence of electricity in remote parts of the  country, still prevails the dark age, which appears though the frames of  paintings of Shashikant Dhotre as background of utter darkness.He is a combination of starkness and intricacy. The subjects,  clad in rich, glossy colours and exquisite details stand out against a  dark, slightly shaded background. Textures, light, shade and patterns  are strongly present in each painting, bringing each subject to life and  giving them the semblance of a softened photograph