Inspirational Contemporary Artist
Sri Lanka
Kumara Rathnayaka is poised
to take his paintings around the world, and he is on the threshold of scaling
the heights of contemporary painting. If he is not the leading artist in
contemporary art, he is certainly one of the top few.
Endowed with an abundance of
talent, his brush has no limit when it starts moving on canvas. Kumara has no
limit to his imagination. He is an impatient artist who tries different
strokes. He deliberates the use of light, and shade to capture the mood of the
seasons as well as the environment he has stored in his mind. He may be
brilliant in color, shade, and light, but a contemporary artist cannot be
influenced by nature because there is no method to follow. He paints within the
framework of inner imagination and depth.
There is poetry in his art,
such as the changing seasons. Their music is hidden between strokes and a
language of communication is on display. Globe-trotting, this ambassador of
Lankan art has suddenly leaped from his cocoon to challenge the global art
scene. It is there in his spirit. There is body language when he speaks about
his art. The passion in his painting has a grip on his soul. Kumar let things
happen his way, and they are spectacular.
If Impressionism leads straight to Picasso, then contemporary to Sri Lanka's Kumara Ratnayaka in Asia. Being such an inspirational artist, Kumara has his colors merged into bonding lines to create a visual sensation. It is because he is a modern painter, seeped in contemporary skills. For instance, we cannot trace the ramifications of the movements of modern art in Sri Lanka. It just sprang up and was there for grabs for artists like Kumara. He has 35 years of experience in his art career. He also held many local and foreign art exhibitions, and his paintings have been exhibited in several European countries, such as Germany, Sweden, and Austria, etc.
