I had these
for a long time and since I have no valid reason for why I am posting it just
now, I am just going to act as if nothing has happened and continue.
One of the themes
for my blog was to feature fresh art/artists and boy I feel proud to start it,
with featuring creations of a family member, my very dear uncle, Master Rastra Rai.
He doesn’t
know it but I call him ‘The Artist’. I have two strong reasons for the title a)
because he paints b) and because he has prominently excelled in the field of taekwondo.
Amongst many
Gurkhas in the British army, albeit being a former army, he still stands out. Why?
Because he is amongst the few who has polished the Gurkhali title oh so brilliantly! Do check him out in season three of Deadliest Warriors, where he represented and won the who-is-the-strongest-battle between the Gurkhas and the French Legion. In my last visitation I got the access to his basement which is festooned with
his creative canvases. I had longed to see what I had heard so much of, and my curiosity
paid off. When I lit the light of the basement, I was overwhelmed with admiration and respect. The
basement was interesting. I could feel that Gurkhali aroma. There was passion and patience ubiquitously present. I am not new to
painting, but when I saw his work, I felt I still had a long way to go and more
importantly work on patience.
“I still
have a lot to learn”, he says and I wonder what’s still to learn because from
my point of view, I feel like he is already there, but I guess it’s the ‘the
more you learn, the more you know you still lack’ thing!
His
paintings are so neat, that it almost seems very easy. His works are mostly portraits, mostly Gurkhali faces. I hope he does an exhibition soon and I hope I can
paint like him (or perhaps better than him ;p) because after all, he is the
master!
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| Aint she pretty!? |
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| Battlefield |
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| Inspiring?! |
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| Spider man chair! |
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| even the palate smells like art |
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| khukuri and dhaka topi with daura suruwal. |
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| you must know him! |
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| Nepali thito! |
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| 'takmas! |
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| peace |
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| the eagle nearly landed |
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| 'I am an eye person' -Kesh |
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| Buddha was born in Nepal! |
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| doko |
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| Bruce Lee, master of the master |
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| Someone has to carry on! |
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| Girl in Kimono |
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| fit! |
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| Dhaka topi! |
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| Oueen and A Gurkha |
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The next target!
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