Caroline’s Lankan blooms inspired by Chinese paintings
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‘BLOOM’, an exhibition by French photographer Marie-Caroline Senlis, is on at the Fort Printers in the historic Galle Fort until January 31. Behind the artist’s inspiration, there is Chinese painting and its spring flowers, and also the former colour photographs, which were black and white photos painted with colour inks. These painted photos were in vogue in Asia for a long time.
The artist
For this exhibition she uses her skill with both silver halide photography, watercolour painting, Chinese calligraphy, for a special Lankan collection: “Bloom”.
Marie-Caroline Senlis graduated from the Visual Arts Institute of Orléans, France in sculpture and drawing in 1998, then from Fine Arts Institute of Shanghai in China in 2006 and again in 2008 from the Fine Arts Institute in Versailles. She began working as a professional artist in 2002. She has held a series of exhibitions in France, China, India and in Sri Lanka.