Grosvenor gallery12/13/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() His studio is next to the house in which he grew up, and is surrounded by a lush tropical garden, full of exotic plants which attract colourful birds and iridescent insects. Visiting the artist's house in Colombo it is easy to see from where Senaka draws inspiration for his wonderfully vibrant canvases. In 2005 I visited a rainforest in Sri Lanka, which had became my muse for many of my shows." Senaka comments "My main focus is on the endangered flora and fauna in our rainforests. His recent work is inspired by the plight of the Sri Lankan rainforests, many of which have been subject to intense deforestation to make way for tea-plantations. ![]() After graduating he moved back to Sri Lanka, where he has since established himself as one of the region's most important living artists. It was after he received formal training at Yale University, where he studied Art and Architecture, that he decided to dedicate his life to painting. He continued to paint and as a teenager held numerous exhibitions in Sri Lanka as well as Europe, the USA and Asia. He then held his first international one man show in New York at the age of ten. Senaka achieved early fame as a child prodigy, whose work was first exhibited in Colombo in the late 1950s. ![]()
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