Drawing mostly portraits of people, he said that art to him is a form of meditation and that he cannot draw if someone is observing him. Therein lies the paradox of an artist who feels uncomfortable drawing in front of his very source of inspiration - people.
" A majority of the portraits I draw are first born in my mind, "Silva states, alluding to his photographic memory. Since he has no training in the field of art, he believes that the secret of his success is his self confidence.
Reflecting his creativity and energy, his work can be interpreted as a retrospective of his artistic career. He is no ordinary artist. In fact one could call him a child prodigy who had lost his way. Indulging in art at an early age, he showed signs of talent at his school St, Peters Collage. But he gave it up to follow a lucrative career in advertising. Following a bad period in his life he picked up his paintbrush and rediscovered a talent, which had remained dormant for 22 years. A self-made artist, he re-discovered his inherent artistic talent and never looked back.
Using oil, pastel and acrylic along with the dry brush technique, as his medium the exhibition is a portrayal of Silva's keen eye in sensing the beauty of the faces that surrounds him. Silva's taken lies in recreating their faces on a blank canvas - sometimes with starting accuracy or by adding a personal touch. For his latest collection he has drawn inspiration from a riot of understated colour reflected in the archetypical faces of Sri Lanka. He has also drawn inspiration from the erotic, drawing women in a series of poses, depicting a wide range of emotions, from innocence to unbridled lust.
What is unique about Silva is his style and how it is reflected in his art. His consistency in style and technique are easily identifiable. It is clear that Silva draws with his mind's eye, the universality of his theme of everyday faces triggering an emotive response that lies within him.
"I feel that art elucidates the central belief that by its very intention can be therapeutic, cathartic, creating a space for individual mind shifts and collective dialogue. There is no such thing as a born artist, it comes down to self confidence," he said.
" A majority of the portraits I draw are first born in my mind, "Silva states, alluding to his photographic memory. Since he has no training in the field of art, he believes that the secret of his success is his self confidence.
Reflecting his creativity and energy, his work can be interpreted as a retrospective of his artistic career. He is no ordinary artist. In fact one could call him a child prodigy who had lost his way. Indulging in art at an early age, he showed signs of talent at his school St, Peters Collage. But he gave it up to follow a lucrative career in advertising. Following a bad period in his life he picked up his paintbrush and rediscovered a talent, which had remained dormant for 22 years. A self-made artist, he re-discovered his inherent artistic talent and never looked back.
Using oil, pastel and acrylic along with the dry brush technique, as his medium the exhibition is a portrayal of Silva's keen eye in sensing the beauty of the faces that surrounds him. Silva's taken lies in recreating their faces on a blank canvas - sometimes with starting accuracy or by adding a personal touch. For his latest collection he has drawn inspiration from a riot of understated colour reflected in the archetypical faces of Sri Lanka. He has also drawn inspiration from the erotic, drawing women in a series of poses, depicting a wide range of emotions, from innocence to unbridled lust.
What is unique about Silva is his style and how it is reflected in his art. His consistency in style and technique are easily identifiable. It is clear that Silva draws with his mind's eye, the universality of his theme of everyday faces triggering an emotive response that lies within him.
"I feel that art elucidates the central belief that by its very intention can be therapeutic, cathartic, creating a space for individual mind shifts and collective dialogue. There is no such thing as a born artist, it comes down to self confidence," he said.
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first of all I must thankful to you for your collections. there are good products that we can buy and all those are in affordable prices. always we are going to buy accessories from 'the lover' and also there are good quality shoes as well.
BUT,
last week I went to 'the lover' at nugegoda. and I chose 3 pair of shoes with high heel. but those are in tagged. I asked (staff members)them to remove tags.It's because with the tags how can I know that whether it is fit in to my legs or not. but staff members said that they can't remove the tags. because customers put the shoes everywhere if not those shoes matching for them. Then we met the person who in-charge of the staff members (@ that time the manager was not there). and she said, we have lot of customers here. because of that we can do nothing for that. what I want to ask from you is, 'Is there a need of staff members for a shop if they can't supply the product for customers?'
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