Dubai: Artist Peter Lewis to Motivate Kids Via Drawing, Painting
Dubai, May 6: Mangalore Konkans Dubai has organized a special event at India Club here to felicitate Peter Anslem Lewis, a renowned artist hailing from Brahmavar in South Kanara on Saturday May 7.
The winners of the “Sketching & Paintbrush Challenge” organized earlier by Mangalore Konkans Dubai will be announced and prizes will be awarded by Lewis., He would also conduct a workshop on motivating children and promoting the talent of drawing and painting among the aspiring artists.
Joanne Pereira, a postgraduate from the US in Fine Arts will also address the audience on the topic of Fine Arts and related professions such as Architecture, Graphics and designing and guide aspiring students towards various careers.
There will also be a question and answer session for the audience on related subjects, which will enlighten and guide them in fulfilling their skill. The event will be followed by dinner. Entry to the event is on invitations only.
Mangalore Konkans Dubai had earlier conducted a contest, “Sketching & Paintbrush Challenge” on April 15 for Konkani speaking people in the UAE. The competition, targeting two age groups, viz 12 – 18 years and 18 years and above, was held to encourage budding artists to showcase their talent in drawing and painting. The competition for adults was probably the very first of its kind being organized in Dubai.
About Peter Lewis
“My motivation in painting and drawing is to convey a familiar image to the viewer and yet leave enough unsaid to arouse curiosity and interest. I generally have no preconceived idea or formulated plan. When I begin to paint, my painting begins by rapidly composing shapes on the canvas using a large brush. I am mainly inspired by the natural and other sources of light effects,” says the renowned artist Peter Anslem Lewis, hailing from Brahmavar in South Kanara district of Karnataka State.
Born on August 15, 1936, this quiet and simple gentleman discovered his own skills of drawing and painting at an early age and completed his studies in Applied Art at the prestigious Sir J J School of Arts in Mumbai in 1956. He also completed his diploma in Drawing and Painting at the same college in the year 1960.
The paintings of Peter Anslem Lewis hark back to early boyhood explorations of the countryside’s inherent magnificence. Lewis’ skills were honoured at the renowned Sir J J School of Arts which awarded his achievement a Gold Medal.
Awards and honours have accompanied his artistic evolution, of which those emanating from the State Lalit Kala Academy and the All India Dasara Art Exhibition stand out for their frequency. A Rajyotsava Award in 1990 and a Roerich Memorial Award in 1996 crown his endeavours. Over the long course of a fruitful career, the public have had occasion to take in his offerings at prestigious galleries in India and abroad.
Other Artists with roots in this land also derive inspiration from the scenic landscape and its diverse populace. The paintings have an implicit environmental message, the landscapes and seascapes convey beauty that is fragile and vulnerable to the imperatives of development and defense. Insights into tribal life have furnished the stimulus for aspects of Lewis’ creative impulse. Coastal Karnataka has been a melting pot of faiths, and this is duly reflected in Lewis’ work. Deep feeling and effort have been expended on the vast canvas “The Life of Christ,” He seeks to propagate a message of peace and harmony.
Many of Lewis’ paintings evoke the genre of 19th century French Impressionist Painters whose bold colours and fluid forms were a landmark in Western Art. One may infer that his work comes with a seasoned touch and mature perspective.
“Chitralaya” a school of Art in Brahmavar is the sole initiative and effort of Peter Lewis to train children in drawing /painting and motivate them to pursue their skills in Fine Arts even as early as at the age of 5 years. Today many children in and around Brahmavar are reaping the benefit of Fine Arts training through this institution.
Mangalore Konkans Dubai
Mangalore Konkans Dubai is a premier organizations in the UAE striving to promote Konkani language and culture as well as reach out to the less privileged by supporting the cause of higher education and medical assistance to the needy in and around Mangalore. Sailing in it’s 23rd year of existence, one of the primary goals of this organization is to promote talent and personal development amongst the Konkani-speaking community.
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