Asela Abeywardene

Asela is a professional artist: a painter, sculptor and a potter. Her art practice is intertwined with her poetic expression. Asels's life and work are deeply influenced by Buddhist philosophy as well as other eastern philosophical and aesthetic traditions. When engaging in art or writing, she tends to focus on and enjoy the process, each moment rather than the outcome.

Pieta C.1989

Warm, soft, brown soil of mine No shipped cold hard white marble Parched, tired fingers – also mine Michelangelo’s discarded chisel Does not suffice Beautified, refined you need not be In death, in memory, in life You were sun scorched black-brown Tired, forgotten,