Bandula creates General's portrait in a week

This is an all-important period, in the history of Sri Lanka. A moment of unique significance that we like to share with the global family - celebrating the defeat of ruthless terrorism that had taken away the freedom of our people and terrorized the region, spreading and exporting terrorist ideas and concepts to all corners of the earth.

Freedom has been reclaimed for people of Sri Lanka. These great moments, must be enshrined in history. Our future generations must learn and understand the sacrifices of this generation that will give them freedom of a better future. Most importantly, we have to teach the future generations to never make this mistake again.

As an artist Bandula Samarasekera initiates Sri Lanka's digital internet museum - a digitally drawn gallery of Sri Lanka's history - of people who carved the future of the nation, of events, of monuments that we all treasure. Bandula's first digital drawing is of President Mahinda Rajapaksa the leader responsible for giving Sri Lanka a future of freedom and a future of success. At this moment Bandula has completed a digital portrait of another true son of Sri Lanka - the man who led the forces on the ground and claimed victory against the world's most ruthless terrorist outfit.

Bandula shows his appreciation of Gen. Sarath Fonseka with a digital portrait that will adorn the digital museum of Sri Lankan heroes and freedom fighters. Bandula goes on to express his ambition "the internet and digital media is all so powerful today and this must be exploited to showcase people's contribution to our country - so that people all over the world with links to Sri Lanka will learn about our heroes, their contribution and the value they brought to all our lives."

He added that the current leadership is important to the world because "they taught the world that even the most ruthless wrong thinking people can be brought to their knees."

Bandula worked on a portrait on Gen. Fonseka and completed it in a week. This digital canvas will enshrine Sarath Fonseka in the gallery of the famous sons of Sri Lanka in digital media. Bandula's ambition is to enshrine the history of Sri Lanka in this digital museum.

A long and colourful history with over a 180 monarchs, Bandula has a formidable task. the long history and rich culture gives artists an ideal canvas to expose their talent for the country. He invites like-minded persons to support and encourage the concept of the Sri Lankan Digital Museum. Bandula also plans to have a digital canvas exhibition to encourage newcomers to take to this medium.

Those who believe in this digital museum for Sri Lanka could contact Bandula at [email protected] or visit www.bcomart.com and support him in his efforts to put Sri Lanka's history in drawings on the internet canvas.