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Artist Statement:
I am a Sri Lankan artist/stamp
designer. Today the wide world
has become a global village,
and we in turn have bridged
the gaps of physical distance
between communities in
different continents via
internet and satellite. Art is
a medium through which tears
could be transformed into
smiles, bitterness could be
converted into sweetness, dusk
could be dissolved in dazzling
daylight. Such is the power
inherent in art, as such my
indentity is the art - medium
of water colour....
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Artist Exhibitions:
1998 - 1st Solo Exhibition on
water colour
paintings-Alliance Franciase
de Colombo
2000 -2nd solo at Alliance
Franciase de Kandy
2002 -3rd solo at Alliance
Franciase de Colombo
2002- May at Kandalama Hotel,
Dambulla, Sri Lanka
coming:
25th to 30th September 2003
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Artist Galleries:
Palitha Gunasinghe Art Gallery
No.439/1G1, Neduna, Ganemulla,
Sri Lanka
tele: 033-60139, e-mail:
renukag@hotmail.com
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Collections:
Mr Preethi Jayawardena
Mr Rohan Fernando
Mr Elmo Rajasuriya, UK
The Serendib Gallery, Colombo
7, Sri Lanka
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka,
Colombo 1
Ms Macha Brizay, France
Mr Y Shobu, Japan
Mr Radashi Kamenoi, Japan
Mr Jacques Chairier, France
Mr Sanjeev Kulkarni, India
Mr Clair Levesque,Canada
Ms ...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Reviews for Palitha Gunasinghe:
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Serendib - Sept/October 2002 -Magazine of Sri Lankan Airlines
Water colour painting is like meditating says multi-talented artist Palitha Gunasinghe of his main displine. Renuka Sadanandan caught up with him in Colombo to find out more.
There is a certain meditative, dream-like tranquility that comes from Palitha Gunasinghe' water colours, a quality of repose, of inner peace-and it makes sense when you meet the mild-mannered, slightly build artist. The artist displayed some 4o WC paintings, all depicting Sri Lankan life and ladscapes, and done in soft, subtle strokes, drawing the viewer into a serene contemplation of his vision-solitary lighthouses standing sentinel against lowering skies, stormy seas, ancient temples and saffron-clad monks wending their way through hazy fields. These are images familiar to every Sri Lankan-beloved views of the villages, the sea and the temples. And it's to these everyday scenes that Palitha touches his brush, seeking to capture and convey a culture and a lifestyle that he feels is fast vanishing. Talk to him and you'll find he's emphatic about the need to preserve what he sees as the essential wealth of Sri Lanka's traditional culture. By painting these historic Buddhist places of worship, and giving colour to the rugged stones, he hopes a different generation will see with new eyes the heritage they take so much for granted. For the exhibition he spent many days travelling to Negombo to observe the fishing folk at work. In the bustling coastal town, he watched the daily rituals of the boats returning, the men hauling in the nets and sporting out the fish and the women waiting to carry the catch to the markets. The empathy he felt with these hard-working, humble men and women is evident in his series of paintings.
Explore Sri Lanka Magazine-
August 2000 - An Artist par excellence - Palitha Gunasinghe is a gifted artist capable of a wide range of artistic pursuits. he is renowned for his watrcolour and oil paintings, political cartoons, designing of poster, stamps, commercial advertisements and journalisitic ability.....
Explore Sri Lanka Magazine - March 2002
Stories in watrcolour - Palitha Gunasinghe the maestro of watercolour paint, the genius behind many a Sri Lankan stamp and poster, is indeed a man of many talents, known for his trademark watercolour paintings which typically depict village life of Sri Lanka.....
The Sunday Leader- March 17 2002
A painter is not made but bor to the subject he loves doing. Being a painter is not an easy profession as one needs a lot of patience, courage and talent to crate that perfect picutre. But with experiencem oractice, and the intese study of his subject a painter in time gradually masters the art of mixing the exact colours, to produce the painting of his choice.....
Sunday Times - Mirror Magazine- 15th November 1998
Palitha manages to depict the commonest of everyday scenes, and still give every single piece of work a unique touch, a little bit of magic that holds your eyes to his work for just a little longer, to take in the beauty that you feel surrounds you. Truly a gift from God, which you may be able to feast your eyes on at his exhibition...
Daily Mirror- 20th March 2002
Palitha's landscapes and seascapes reveal the beauty of village and his choice of colours add to the semi-realistic effect of his works...
Sunday Observer- 6th August 2000
Virgin village in watercolours......
Sunday Observer - 17th March 2002
Shedding light and the landscape of life...........
The Sri Lanka Government issues a new commemorative postage stamp
Press Release:
A new postage stamp in the denomination of Rs. 4,50 was issued by the Philatelic Bureau of the Department of Posts at a public meeting held yesterday i.e. September 21st 2002 in the Auditorium of 'Savsiripaya' 123, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 7 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the German Dharmaduta Society (1952 - 2002)
The new stamp depicts on its cover the Berlin Buddhist Vihâra in Germany. A picture of Asoka Weeraratna the founder of the German Dharmaduta Society and the Berlin Vihâra, is also shown in the stamp.
This is the first time in the history of issue of stamps in Sri Lanka that a building in Germany (Berlin Vihâra also known as "Das Buddhistische Haus") has been made the central feature in the design of a Sri Lankan postage stamp.
The stamp was designed by Mr. Palitha Gunasinghe, a registered Stamp Designer and Artist.
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