‘Speculo 2017’ – Cream of the crop

‘Speculo 2017,’ a painting and visual arts exhibition organised by SriLankan Airlines under the theme ‘My SriLankan Perspective,’ was unveiled yesterday at the J.D.A. Perera  Art Gallery in Colombo and will continue till February 26. 

The exhibition featuring top artwork of over eighty renowned local artists will also display paintings of schoolchildren who won the all-island art competition hosted in the run-up to Speculo 2017. 
Schoolchildren from remote areas such as Jaffna, Mannar, Bibile, Silawathura, Kalaoya and Balangoda had sent their entries to the exhibition that is currently being attended by hundreds of people including the clergy. 

In a bid to flock the creative community, event’s host SriLankan Airlines has also taken an unprecedented step in displaying the paintings of nine inmates in the Welikada prison. 
Daily Mirror managed to talk to some of the reputed artists who were present at the exhibition.