Featured Artist Kasun Wickramasinghe

Contemporary artist Kasun Wickramasinghe blends scenes from the natural world with mathematical imagery to create colorful dreamlike paintings. Find his entire collection here.

 

 

Surreal geometry and vibrant patterns allow me to merge abstract trends with natural concepts in the hope of representing the world through a large kaleidoscope.

 

 

The inner world of dreams and cultural memory is made to contend with utopic patterns and textures to create graphically striking images that allow the physicality of nature to reveal itself.

 

 

Working with acrylics, oils and mixed media, I employ a bold color palette and fluid style to capture the essence of the world that exists in my dreams.

 

 

My paintings are characterized with contemporary and conceptual ideas that are enhanced by the skill at rendering lifelike figures with a sharp eye for manipulating and abstracting proportion and scale. As an artist, I believe that realistic creatures and objects deserve to be transformed into a uniquely expressive form, while rejuvenating the eye of the viewer with fresh color.

 

 

Meticulous geometrical measurements add symmetry to the divine phenomena that I represent in my art while it reveals the spiritual power and timelessness within nature.

 

 

The knowledge gained through my first-class bachelor degree in painting, and the learning experiences as a freelance artist and lecturer at the University of Visual and Performing Arts has paved the way to many of my successes.

 

 

The spontaneity of the brushstrokes and mark-making I incorporate into my art leaves an impression of the abstract expressionist within me, while I gather inspiration from a variety of artists, styles and techniques.

 

 

I often tend to intertwine Salvador Dali’s surrealism along with Picasso’s cubistic approach—presenting nature through abstract techniques of perspective, space and contrasting vantage points.

 

 

Although a well-trained painter who has learned the anatomy of objects, I have built up the courage to break the rules to dissect form into a multitude of small facets. This technique reflects a love for motifs and nature, through the vibrant colors smeared on a canvas.

 

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