Kumari de Alwis’ Art Academy exhibition on today at Lionel Wendt
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A painting by a student
The senior students of Kumari de Alwis’ Art Academy are holding their seventh exhibition and sale of oil paintings this weekend at the Lionel Wendt Art Gallery. The exhibition is open today – Sunday, March 1 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
A product of St Bridget’s Convent, Kumari De Alwis began painting at a tender age of five. Mentored by the eminent artist the late Mudaliyar A.C.G.S. Amarasekera, she later moved on to teach at the Amarasekera School of Art and also obtained a Diploma in Commercial Art (London).
Kumari did a stint as an art teacher at St. Patrick’s College Karachchi and thereafter moved to Germany with her husband. She also taught at King’s Castle Christian College, Frankfurt.
On her return to Sri Lanka,Kumari launched her Art Academy and has tutored many children and adults in oil paintings, water colours, pastels and black and white sketches, over the past 31 years.
She conducts classes for children and adults at 261/12 Polhengoda Road, Colombo 5.