| Medium | : | Ink, Watercolour |
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| Height | : | 12 inch / 30.5 cm |
| Width | : | 9 inch / 22.9 cm |
| Surface | : | Paper |
| Style | : | Figurative Paintings |
| Dimension | : | W: 22.9 cm × H: 30.5 cm |
A soulful watercolor and ink composition portraying two rural figures in a moment of quiet reflection. Soft textures, folk-inspired detailing, and expressive forms come together to create a work filled with intimacy, memory, and human warmth.
Laxma Goud | Untitled | Watercolour, Ink on Paper | 9 x 12 inches
This evocative artwork presents two rural figures seated side by side, captured with a quiet stillness that feels deeply personal and reflective. Rendered in delicate washes of watercolor and ink, the composition carries a dreamlike softness while retaining the distinctive folk-inspired character that defines the artist’s visual language. The striking blue-toned figure in the foreground immediately draws attention, creating a powerful contrast against the softer pastel hues surrounding the companion figure.
The painting beautifully explores themes of identity, companionship, and everyday human presence. The seated posture, expressive eyes, and carefully detailed attire give the figures an emotional depth that goes beyond portraiture. Rather than depicting a specific narrative, the work allows the viewer to enter a contemplative space where silence, memory, and rural life coexist naturally.
The use of texture and muted transparency in the watercolor creates an almost weathered quality, as though the scene belongs to another time yet continues to resonate in the present. Traditional garments, patterned fabrics, and subtle ornamental details enrich the composition without overwhelming its gentle emotional tone. The artwork feels intimate and grounded, celebrating ordinary lives with dignity and artistic sensitivity.
With its balance of folk aesthetics and modern expression, this piece holds a poetic charm that makes it both visually engaging and emotionally enduring. It is an artwork that invites slow viewing, revealing new subtleties and emotions with every glance.
Born in Nizampur in Andhra Pradesh on 21 August 1940, K. Laxma Goud obtained a Diploma in painting and drawing from the Government College of Fine Arts and Architecture in Hyderabad in 1963.
Goud followed it up with a post-diploma in mural painting and printmaking from Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda. The shift to Baroda made him sensitive to the uniqueness of his rural heritage. By the late 1960s, he had evolved a distinct style that reflected a pan-natural sexuality seen in terms of spontaneous, uninhibited passions, unfettered by the puritanical ethics of the urban middle class — he was able to embed his childhood memories and rural vivacity within an urban framework.
Erotic indulgence highlighted by the intermingling of male and female, vegetal and animal forms, along with a direct rural simplicity, charged his works with palpable sensuousness. His later works, however, are more introspective, and are executed in softer forms and colours.
A master draughtsman, Goud has excelled in a variety of mediums — watercolour, gouache, dry pastels, clay, and metal. He has exhibited widely in India and abroad; notable exhibitions include solo shows in Mumbai and Delhi at various venues, and a retrospective in 2007 in New York. His work is part of prominent collections such as the Masanori Fukuoka and Glenbarra Art Museum, Japan, and The Phillips Collection, Washington, D. C. He won the Andhra Pradesh Lalit Kala Akademi’s award in 1962 and from 1966-71, among other honours from various institutions. He lives and works in Hyderabad.
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| Dimensions | 40.64 × 30.48 cm |
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