Artwork title: sketch book

 Year of creation: 2021

Category: SKETCH

Subject: Other

Medium: Other

SIZE: 30 X 21 cm

Price: LKR 51000000 (Fifty one million)

Description:

මේ Artist  මම දන්නවා ඔයා කවදාවත් බොරු කියන්නෙ නෑ කියලා. ඒ නිසා මම ඔයාගෙන් ප්‍රශ්නයක් අහන්නද?

අහන්න.

ඔයා මේ ස්කෙච් පොත ඇයි මිලියන පනස් එකකට මිලකලේ. මිලියන පනහක්නම් මට ප්‍රශ්නයක් නෑ. ඇයි මිලියන පනස් එකක් කලේ. මොකක්ද එතන තියෙන තර්කනය.

I recently met a friend. He is also an Artist. He has been drawing a painting for two and a half years. Its price is fifty million. So I went to see him one day recently. He still working with another artist on painting. I went another day. Both of them worked hard for days until dawn and both slept soundly when I left. It's hard to get up. I drew with four little kids until they woke up. Those little kids are designing art fast. At the same time I see a hand-painted painting by Picasso nearby.

I suddenly thought. The two artists slept soundly. They have been planning a drawing for two years. But the four little ones are drawing fast designs. Delete. Tearing. Throw away. Changing. I see Picasso's painting again. I felt like Picasso was there. I was reminded of a good story I was told about Picasso's painting at the time.

At the age of twelve, he was able to draw like Picasso Raphael. But he devoted his whole life to drawing like a child.

I drew those four little kids with the pen in my  sketchbook. Picasso's story is exactly right. It takes a lifetime of hard work to draw like little children. My two friends are still asleep. Picasso was nearby but they could not see Picasso. That's why I value this sketchbook over a million more than my friends' drawing. Fifty-one million. That is the logic here.

ඔයා ස්කෙච් පොතේ වටිනාකම කෙනෙකුට ලේසියෙන් ලගාවෙන්න බැරි තැනක තියලා තියෙනවා. මම හිතන්නෙ කෙනෙකුට මෙතෙන්ට ලගා වෙන්න සල්ලි විතරක්ම තිබුනට මදි. ඒත් කව්රුහරි මේ ස්කෙච් පොත ගත්තොත් ඔයා මොකද කරන්නෙ.

Let's see at that time.

මම හිතන්නෙ එහෙම වෙන්න පුලුවන්. Art කියන්නෙ එහෙම දෙයක්. Art වලදී ජයග්‍රහයයෙන් පස්සෙ යුද්ධ කරන්න ලේසියි නේද. කවදාවත් පරාජයවෙන්නෙ නෑ.

Yes.