Anura Srinath (born September 6, 1957) is a Sri Lankan artist,[1] painter,[2][3] illustrator and cartoonist.
[2] He grew up in a home which surroundings were full of sketches of temple paintings and traditional Sinhalese art and he showed a passion and a skill for drawing from an early age.
[5] After leaving school he joined the Upali Group of Newspapers as a cartoonist for the comic-strip paper ‘Suhada’ in 1980.
In 1981, Upali Newspapers (Private) Limited was launched and he was recruited as an artist for the "Chitramitra" comic magazine by the group.
[2][5][6] His paintings are found in various museums and galleries abroad, as well as in private collections in Sri Lanka and throughout the world.