segar paintings

Segar Paintings [login to view URL](born 1951) known as Segar, is a Sri Lankan artist and sculptor. A self tutored artist born on 4th Dec 1951 to poor parents in the suburb of Colombo, the capital of Sri [login to view URL] use to walk to school which was 5 km away from home to save bus fare so that he could eat something during the interval. After schooling at St Michael's College, Polwatte, Colombo-3 at the age of 19, he started working in a soft drinks manufacturing company in the field of [login to view URL] studying for his accountancy examinations he spent most of his time in the reference sections of the British Council library in [login to view URL] he was able to browse through a collection of books and periodicals on art and [login to view URL] his news paper interviews he always states;British Council was my university of fine [login to view URL] work in the accountancy department started to bore [login to view URL] started to design his own greeting cards purely based on the day to day lifestyle of Sri Lankans. His cards became an instant hit as most of the greeting cards in Sri Lanka were copied from the paintings of western countries. The art lovers who saw his cards wanted him to make large paintings. Hence, comfortably he became a painter. To give his art a serious impact Segar started experimenting the refractive effect of light in his abstract and figurative cubism. Major international exhibitions 1988 Chetana Gallery Bombay - India 1990 Mosman Gallery, Sydney, Australia 1991 Gallery 202 London W11 - England 1992 The Fiveway Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, Australia 1994 Arteast Gallery. Vancouver BE Canada 2002 Art Exquisite Raffles hotel - Singapore 2002 SAARC Artist meet - New Delhi, India 2003 Jamaat Art Gallery - Mumbai, India 2004 Women on top 'Jamaat Art Gallery'[login to view URL] 2006 Lakshana Art Gallery, Chennai, India 2008 Delhi Diplomatic Art Circle, Delhi,India 2009 [[login to view URL]] Art Gallery,Delhi,India. 2010 Alankritha Art Gallery,Hyderabad,India. 2013 ION Gallery, Singapore Lionel Wendt Art Gallery Colombo 1987 1988 1993 1996 1997 1999 2000One man exhibitions in Sri Lanka British Council Colombo 1985 Hotel Lanka Oberoi Colombo 1986 Ramada Renaissance Colombo 1989 1991 Alliance Francaise 1984 1985 1991 1993 1995 2009 National Art Gallery Colombo1992 Gallery 706 Colombo 1994 Segar Gallery web site inauguration 1998 Bishops College Auditorium, Colombo 2002 [login to view URL] - United States Felix gallery, Colombo 2004 [login to view URL] Hermitage Gallery, Colombo, 2005 [login to view URL] - Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel Gallery-2009 Horton Gardens Gallery-2011, Colombo [login to view URL]