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Nugegoda, We - Sri Lanka
Ifthikar Cader - Fine Artist
Member Since: 12/17/2008
I paint in the realist-impressionist style using the traditional medium of oil paints. My favourite subject is landscapes, which I like doing direct from nature en 'plein air', highlighting the famed natural beauty of my island home. I have had no formal education in art but taught myself visiting the famous museums and galleries in London and Paris as a student and later also on business tours to the galleries and museums in Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Venice, Florence and Boston USA, and from numerous books, DVD's and of course the Internet. I was influenced by the Impressionist masters, especially Monet, Van Gogh, Pissarro, Constable, Cezanne and also later by the works of Sorolla, Sargent and other American painters Edgar Payne and Richard Schmid.
Born in 1938, I retired from active business in 1995 and found time and opportunity for realizing a cherished ambition to paint seriously. I have since had successful exhibitions in 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, January 2009 and December 2009 at the Lionel Wendt Art Gallery in Colombo and have been painting fulltime since 1995..
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