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by Vimukthi Fernando
"It is very difficult to apply the techniques in watercolour in miniature painting. But, that's the challenge I took. It is also something that no-one had done before. That's why I kept my paintings at a range of two to four inches", says Chandana Bandara. The medium selected for the exhibition, watercolour, is his "favourite". Watercolour, "is marvellous medium", opines Chandana. "It is so soft a medium, where you could produce a range of moods. And the textures it brings out could surprise you at times. You need a lot of concentration to complete a watercolour painting, it is a meditation in itself."
Chandana, a 24 year old, arts graduate from the University of Peradeniya had the first tryst with art when he was about 9 years old. It was Jagath Jayasuriya, the arts master in Wickramabahu Central College, Gampola who taught him the basics of art, he remembers gratefully. From then on the world of art was his and it took him through Advanced Level, the University of Peradeniya and a special training at the Giragama Teachers Training College for Aesthetic Studies. Now, Chandana imparts the knowledge he has gained through the years to students at Mulgama Maha Vidyalaya, Gampola, as their arts master.
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Naked eye, that's what colours our world, bringing us joy...
pleasure... and splendour, and at times a tear as well.... It is to be
nourished, it is to be cherished. It is to be protected all the time. But,
what if it is focused on those which needs to be cherished, treasured and
protected as well...? That's what you will find out at the "Mini
Naked Eye" an exhibition of miniature paintings by Chandana Bandara
Samarakoon, at Alliance Francaise, Kandy.
His subjects are varied. Ruins, traditional crafts, landscapes,
seascapes and scenes from village life had been depicted in many a
painting. "It is what I've seen and experienced that had been the
subjects of my paintings", says Chandana. "I like to paint those
things that are disappearing from Sri Lankan society."
His future plans? "Not so many plans as such at this time. I'm
preparing for another exhibition of paintings, under the theme 'River
Life'. There, I want to picture the bonds between rivers and the lives of
Sri Lankan people. However, I would like to have an exhibition in Colombo.
"Mini Naked Eye" was open to the public from August 30 to
September 7, 2002 at the Alliance Francaise Kandy.
