Gurmi Lama
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Gouache/Acrylic Paintings
Older Work
Stonework
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Gurmi Lama

I was born in Solukhumbu, Nepal and raised by my grandmother. In my teenage years I received training in thanka painting from my father and continued to develop as a self-taught artist. I was a very successful thanka painter by the time I finished my BA from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu. I had the opportunity to study contemporary art with veteran painter and writer Manuj Babu Mishra from Nepal. I have rarely painted in the last 17 years. During that time I became a stone mason, carpenter, and more. However, I am back at it again. Art style and mediums for me is just a tool which can help transfer the actual message of the creator. Portrait painting for me is an enjoyable reflection of a person’s life that carries the momentum and memories that can be celebrated for long time. In portrait painting, I like to capture the likeness of the person but stay a bit away from realistic feel. Beside from portraits, my other paintings reflect my perceptions toward ever changing life, my hidden humor, trauma, dream, delusion and feelings of happiness and frustration of everyday life. I do not follow any ism of the art world but what I at least follow is my walking balance of life by staying away from two ends of any extreme ideology and belief.

detail Parting the Red Sea
Gurmi Lama

Oil Paintings
Gouache/Acrylic Paintings
Older Work
Stonework
About
Contact
Gurmi Lama
ABOUT ME


I was born in Solukhumbu, Nepal and raised by my grandmother. In my teenage years I received training in thanka painting from my father and continued to develop as a self-taught artist. I was a very successful thanka painter by the time I finished my BA from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu. I had the opportunity to study contemporary art with veteran painter and writer Manuj Babu Mishra from Nepal. I have rarely painted in the last 17 years. During that time I became a stone mason, carpenter, and more. However, I am back at it again. Art style and mediums for me is just a tool which can help transfer the actual message of the creator. Portrait painting for me is an enjoyable reflection of a person’s life that carries the momentum and memories that can be celebrated for long time. In portrait painting, I like to capture the likeness of the person but stay a bit away from realistic feel. Beside from portraits, my other paintings reflect my perceptions toward ever changing life, my hidden humor, trauma, dream, delusion and feelings of happiness and frustration of everyday life. I do not follow any ism of the art world but what I at least follow is my walking balance of life by staying away from two ends of any extreme ideology and belief.


detail Parting the Red Sea

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