‘Expectant Earth’
Nature’s beauty on canvas:
Ruwini Jayawardana
The diagrams were indeed a feast for the eyes and provoked food for
thought as young artist Kosala Priyam Kumara’s exhibition of paintings
‘Expectant Earth’, is on the verge of being exhibited at the Thambapani
restaurant and art gallery from June 15 to July 11. The preview of the
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Kosala |
exhibition was held on June 13 at 6 p.m.
Hailing from the lush hills of Kandy and born in 1976, Kosala, had
completed his B.A. of Fine Arts (Sculpture) at the Institute of
Aesthetic Studies, University of Kelaniya. He had sat for his Masters in
Drama and theatre in the same university before embarking on exhibiting
his creations.
He had attended a number of group exhibitions as well as exhibited
his work in several solo exhibitions starting from 1999. The last time
he displayed his paintings was at a solo exhibition at the Thabapani
gallery in 2007.
Kosala had clinched many awards for his talent as an artist. He had
bagged the special prize in the all island art competition held by the
Minister of Education in 1990. He had also won the gold medal in the all
island art competition held in 1993 before going on to grab the David
Paynter Award in the all island art competition in 1994.
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Two of his paintings which will be exhibited at ‘Expectant
Earth’. |
He had taken part in the State Festival of Shadow Puppetry in 1996
and clinched first prize in the Landscape competition at the State Arts
Festival in 2005.
Not limiting his talents to local soil the creative youth had also
taken his exceptional skill with the brush to international spheres.
He had taken part in the fifth International Puppet Festival in
Pakistan and had worked as the stage decorator and prop maker for the
‘Rainbow Land Puppetry’ television series telecast on global television.
He was also employed as the art teacher for Zahira College, Colombo,
for four years. |
