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The Lhapsa
Karma Tashi Gurung | Nepal
24 x 24 x 0.10 in
Oil on Canvas

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Here, the doe like eyes he uses to depict his characters are characteristic of Mithila art. Sita’s wedding is depicted with a kobarghar and the bride is carried in a traditional mahapa palanquin—the backdrop reveals the classical bhitichitra motifs on the wall. In keeping with popular folk stories, fishes guide Sita’s boat as she journeys to her husband’s home. A dash of orange and blue offset the monotony of the brown tones and illuminates this prints.
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This acrylic on canvas painting portrays Lord Ganesh in a soft and meditative abstract form. The artwork blends gentle shades of pink, violet, and blue to create a peaceful spiritual atmosphere. Textured brushwork and layered colors give the painting depth and emotion, while the simplified forms highlight Ganesh’s calm presence, wisdom, and divine energy. The glowing symbolic details and flowing composition bring together contemporary abstract expression with traditional spiritual symbolism, making the piece both serene and visually captivating.
This acrylic on canvas painting presents Lord Ganesha in a playful and expressive contemporary style. The composition combines bold colors, simplified forms, and rhythmic patterns to create a sense of warmth, innocence, and spiritual energy. Ganesha’s calm eyes and relaxed posture symbolize wisdom, protection, and inner peace, while the vibrant reds, blues, and yellows bring a joyful and dynamic mood to the artwork. The painting blends traditional symbolism with modern artistic expression, giving the divine figure a unique and imaginative character.
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" I am drawn to the spaces where memory lingers.. between landscape and settlement, between the organic and the constructed, between what is inherited and what is continually remade. My paintings emerge from an ongoing engagement with these intersections, seeking to understand how people shape places and, in turn, how places shape human experience. I am a multidisciplinary visual artist and architect based in Nepal. I received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), New Delhi, where I developed a lasting interest in the relationship between space, culture, and lived experience. My architectural education continues to inform my artistic practice, particularly in the way I approach structure, rhythm, layering, and the spatial organization of visual narratives. Working across painting, drawing, and mixed media, I explore themes of landscape, memory, urban transformation, cultural continuity, and the evolving relationship between natural and human-made systems. My work often investigates how individuals navigate increasingly complex environments shaped by development, migration, technology, and changing cultural values. Observation and field research are central to my practice. Through travel, sketching, and direct engagement with landscapes, settlements, and everyday life, I gather visual and conceptual material that later finds expression in the studio. These experiences allow me to move between documentation and imagination, creating works that are rooted in lived reality while remaining open to metaphor and interpretation. In recent years, my work has expanded to engage with the cultural traditions and visual heritage of Nepal, exploring festivals, ritual practices, vernacular architecture, masks, and deities as living components of contemporary society. Rather than presenting these subjects as historical relics, I am interested in their continued transformation and relevance within present-day social and cultural life. Through my practice, I seek to create layered visual narratives that encourage reflection on memory, place, identity, and the ways in which cultural experience is continually negotiated and renewed. "
" Though my background is in sculpture, I also explores illustration, feeling both mediums are essential to express my artistic vision. At present, I am dedicated to research and experiment with ceramics to hone my clay-work skills. My work effectively blends spontaneous inspiration with deeper introspective themes, conveyed through a range of artistic forms. "
" My work extends beyond painting; it is an exploration of identity, culture, and belonging. Rooted in the context of Dolpa, I reflect on how rapid modernization often distances communities from their traditions, risking the loss of cultural authenticity. Working primarily in oil through conceptual and contemporary approaches, I examine the relationship between cultural identity and the natural environment. My practice highlights both the richness of indigenous heritage and the growing impact of urbanization and industrialization on fragile ecosystems. Through my work, I aim to preserve cultural memory while encouraging a deeper awareness of our responsibility toward both heritage and nature. "
" My artistic practice explores the intersections of spirituality, mythology, memory, and cultural heritage through the medium of printmaking. Drawing inspiration from Hindu and Buddhist traditions, I create layered visual narratives that reimagine sacred architecture, deities, rituals, and festivals as spaces of contemplation and transformation. Having lived between Varanasi and Kathmandu, I am deeply influenced by the spiritual landscapes of both cities. The ghats of the Ganga, the temples of Kathmandu Valley, and the vibrant ritual life that surrounds them have become enduring sources of inspiration. Rather than depicting these subjects literally, I combine fragments of images, symbols, and memories through free association, creating compositions that move between reality, imagination, and the sacred. My works often bring together multiple deities, architectural forms, and ceremonial motifs within a single visual field, reflecting the interconnected nature of spiritual experience. Through etching, viscosity printmaking, embossing, and mixed-media interventions, I build richly layered surfaces that evoke the passage of time and the accumulation of cultural memory. Ultimately, my work seeks to reveal the enduring presence of the sacred in everyday life while inviting viewers to reflect on the relationship between tradition, place, and inner consciousness. "
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