Bright Star - Dharshi De Silva

Bright Star by Dharshi De Silva

2025

Mixed media, eco-printing on canvas

133 x 140 cm

Bright Star emerges from a dialogue between nature, intuition, and slow, patient transformation. Born first from steam-printed botanicals—ghostly impressions that appear only after hours of unseen alchemy—she begins as something unplanned, a presence hinted at in the unpredictable marks left by leaves and petals. Those natural imprints become the quiet foundation of her form, the whisper of a figure waiting to be revealed.

Through days of layering soft pastels, she takes shape as a goddess: blue-haired, luminous from within, adorned with cascading flowers and anchored by a tree that seems to channel wisdom from the heavens. She is a symbol of inner radiance forged through uncertainty—an embodiment of calm, steadfast truth rising out of creative chaos. Named after Keats’ “Bright Star,” she holds the serene vigilance of the poem while transcending it, becoming a living expression of divine light discovered through trust, patience, and artistic surrender.

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