Ishan Senaka Hewage Archives

Aartzy offers futuristic platform for artists-by Sandaru Diwakara Tiring Streets by Ishan Senaka Hewage Two gentlemen were walking down Green Path in search of a painting. As Janaka Perera shared, “Usually, Green Path is a place where you could find artwork of local street artists. But it was a gloomy and a drizzling day and we could only find one artist who was selling his artwork from the back of a van. This was an artist who made his living by selling his paintings on the street and most of his business depended on tourism”. After this encounter Perera, who has years of experience in business administration and marketing, identified a dire need that’s there in the Sri Lankan market for a proper platform for the local artists to sell their work. With the pressures of marketing and selling their work, artists were not able to solely focus on their ...

Capturing the spirituality and calmness of life through Art-BY ANURADHA KODAGODA Source:Sundayobserver If you are an art lover and attending art exhibitions, are an integral part of your cultural lifestyle, then you may have surely stumbled across paintings by the Impressionist Ishan Senaka Hewage. Ishan Hewage has been a painter ever since he can remember. Although he never inherited fortunes or skills from his ancestors, his parents encouraged him to draw from his childhood. He learnt and earned his skills in art by trial and error, following the works of great teachers. He recalls his first art teacher in school, Padma Paulis, with great gratitude as she saw an artist in little Ishan and also recognised his childhood artistic inclinations and the inner desire to become an artist. ...