[3] Segar was born to poor parents in the suburb of Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka.

After schooling at St Michael's College, Polwatte, Colombo-3 at the age of 19, he started working in a soft drinks manufacturing company in the field of accountancy.

While studying for his accountancy examinations he spent most of his time in the reference sections of the British Council library in Colombo.

To give his art a serious impact Segar started experimenting the refractive effect of light in his abstract and figurative cubism.

In 1988 he attempted suicide as a result of failed love affair but changed the idea as he thought of more than 20 of his unsigned paintings.

In 2002, he represented Sri Lanka at the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation artist meet up in Delhi.

Major International Exhibitions and Events One man exhibitions in Sri Lanka His early works dominated by triangles squares and cubes and avoided curves much as possible refer the Big Ben painting on Bonjour French magazine.

He did not hesitate to apply this in many of large canvases which resulted in figurative cubism and refractive effect in his paintings.

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