Petrichor: Wildlife art exhibition by Tharanga Herath

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Cotton Pygmy - geese in Anuradhapura

Marsh sandpiper

Tusker Thilak -

Asian Elephant

Tharanga Herath will be holding his Natural History (Wildlife) Art exhibition from 1 to 4 March at Lionel Wendt Art Centre, Colombo.

The exhibition showcases around 50 original paintings and illustrations that depict Sri Lankan unique bio-diversity. The artist has been painting for over 25 years and his works are based on his field experience, following his passion on Sri Lankan bio-diversity and eco- systems. He has illustrated publications on endemic birds, common wetland birds and common butterflies of Sri Lanka for the Wildlife Trust and Sri Lanka Turtle Conservation Project.

Tharanga is an internationally recognised Sri Lankan artist whose paintings are in private collections overseas. He had the opportunity to display five of his original paintings among the 130 artworks of 29 acclaimed artists worldwide at Art & Vielfalt wildlife art exhibition held at the Museum of Natural History in Magdeburg, Germany in 2018 as the sole Asian. He reached the finalist stage and represented Sri Lanka in Russia’s Golden Turtle 2019 International art contest and wildlife festival held in Moscow and St. Pietersburg among the 30 finalists, out of those 1,261 artists worldwide who were registered in the competition. He appeared in Mandala International Wildlife Art Exhibition held in Singapore in 2015 as well.

The visitors will have the opportunity to view some of the internationally acclaimed original paintings and the event is ideal for artists, art lovers, art and natural science students, and wildlife and nature enthusiasts.

The exhibition is an entrance-free event at Lion Wendt Art Centre and will be open to public from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on 2 to 4 March and from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on 1 March.