Born in 1940 in Nizampur, Andhra Pradesh, K. Laxma Goud completed his diploma in Drawing and Painting from Hyderabad, in 1963. Goud displays versatility over a range of mediums, from printmaking, drawing, watercolour, gouache and pastels to glass painting and sculpture in bronze and terracotta. Over the years of his artistic career, he is known to have moved from one medium to another with élan. His portraits of men and women represent the dynamic Indian ethos rather than particular individual identities.
Most of Goud’s art is centred on the rural, recreating landscapes from his childhood as if they were frozen in time. In the artist’s later work, his figures turn softer, more introspective than brash in their outlook. Recently, the artist has worked on a series of lush landscapes in vivid colors reminiscent of his youth spent in rural Andhra Pradesh. The artist lives and works in Hyderabad.