Aero-matic rice truck art

Sri Lanka's traditional wooden chase trucks have an interesting mix of traditional and modern motifs. This example (a rice truck I suppose) seems to emphasis the modern. Despite the otherwise familiar landscape vignettes , the collision course airplanes give a the design an unusual sense of movement. Air traffic control people will find this slightly …

Rare powerful Sri Lankan sculpture

Image below shows (with close up details) of a rare powerful piece of non religious public sculpture in Sri Lanka. Rare in that it is NOT embarrassing to look at. It actually communicates a human emotion that touches a suspicious nut like me who is sceptical about everything — including cynicism. Non religious monumental art …

Pictorial record of Sri Lankan web design

iSpide is a blog that goes around taking screen captures of what seems to be mainly Sri Lankan websites. It has been snapping away since march 2007! The result is a pictorial record of Sri Lankan websites that I think has a definite graphic design history value. Specially in a country where the form and …

Vehicle graphics Sri Lanka – minimalist truck art

With his lense(s) Deshan has been cataloguing many things in Sri Lanka quite skilfully. Vehicle graphics is a minor collection in his image mountain. His pic of a restrained example Sri Lanka vehicle graphics is quite a contrast to the more common visual destiny found in the wooden genre of truck art.

Ridi Vihare – Silver Temple Sri Lanka

Ridi Vihare -"Silver Temple" in Sinhala - is a historic cave temple on the road to Sri Lanka's ancient cities -an easy day trip away from Colombo. At first glance it looks like a large well supported rural temple nestled in the lush landscape. Looks are of course deceiving. Its treasures are subtle and hidden …