Redondo Beach artist Charles Perera has a solo show opening Wednesday at Ortega 21 in Redondo Beach. That’s close to where he lives, but far from where he was raised.Perera was born in Sri Lanka, the teardrop-shaped island once known as Ceylon, just south of India. He immigrated to the United States 13 years ago after having won the Green Card lottery. “America has been good to me,” h






