Paintings from 2025 and 2024, tracing the development of a visual language.
2025
Undertow
2025 · Acrylic and oil pastel on illustration board · 16 × 20 in
Regalia
2025 · Acrylic and oil pastel on illustration board · 16 × 20 in
Feeding Frenzy
2025 · Acrylic and oil pastel on illustration board · 16 × 20 in
Effigy
2025 · Acrylic and oil pastel on illustration board · 16 × 20 in
Frontier
2025 · Acrylic and oil pastel on illustration board · 16 × 20 in
Ascent
2025 · Acrylic and oil pastel on illustration board · 16 × 20 in
Ringmaster
2025 · Acrylic and oil pastel on illustration board · 16 × 20 in
Meltdown
2025 · Acrylic and oil pastel on illustration board · 16 × 20 in
Sideshow
2025 · Acrylic and oil pastel on illustration board · 16 × 20 in
Regent
2025 · Acrylic and oil pastel on illustration board · 16 × 20 in
Sugar Rush
2025 · Acrylic and oil pastel on illustration board · 16 × 20 in
Old Glory
2025 · Acrylic and oil pastel on illustration board · 16 × 20 in
2024
Procession
2024 · Acrylic and oil pastel on illustration board · 16 × 20 in
Nocturne
2024 · Acrylic and oil pastel on illustration board · 16 × 20 in
Gilded
2024 · Acrylic and oil pastel on illustration board · 16 × 20 in
Standard Bearer
2024 · Acrylic and oil pastel on illustration board · 16 × 20 in
Vaudeville
2024 · Acrylic and oil pastel on illustration board · 16 × 20 in
Echo
2024 · Acrylic and oil pastel on illustration board · 16 × 20 in
Bystander
2024 · Acrylic and oil pastel on illustration board · 16 × 20 in
Coven
2024 · Acrylic and oil pastel on illustration board · 16 × 20 in
Artist
Waruna Perera
Sri Lankan-born American painter Waruna Perera examines the erosion of middle-class stability through symbolic figuration, political satire, and civic spectacle. Working in oil and acrylic at a consistent scale of 48 by 60 inches, his paintings recast American iconography — flags, crowns, processions — through distorted, cartoon-adjacent figures. He is based in Staten Island, New York.
