Fri, 18 Sept
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Studies: A Garden Evening for Gifted & Talented Sri Lankan Children
A first look at Dharshi de Silva's Studies, over twenty small experimental works spanning three years of testing technique. A sit-down evening in Dharshi's own garden, Sri Lankan hopper feast with wine included, every dollar raised going to gifted and talented underprivileged children in Sri Lanka.
Time & Location
18 Sept 2026, 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
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About the event
Before a painting is resolved, it's tested. Studies is the first public showing of that testing ground: more than twenty small works made across three years, each one a technique pushed, a material tried, a question asked before the answer arrived.
The collection moves through five distinct periods. Nine works made for Hoo Gallery's opening exhibition in February 2024, testing eco-print alongside encaustic, dripped and textured rather than smoothly layered. Poppies on eco-printed linen, bright and graphic in one group, heavier and native-toned in another. Genesis 1, 2 and 3, testing a quark ground on canvas. And the most recent works, made using tataki-zome, a Japanese technique of hammering botanical pigment directly into the surface.
Some of what was learned here carries directly into the paintings you already know. Some remains its own thing entirely.
Join Dharshi at her own home and garden on the evening of Friday, September 18, for the…