‘Dream Weaver’ at barefoot gallery

Amalshan GUNERATHNE

A latest collection of fired enamel and paintings by Layla Gonaduwa,’Dream Weaver’will be show cased at the barefoot gallery no.704, Galle road, Colombo 3 until September 16.The exhibition is open for public from 10 am to 7 pm on weekdays and 11 am to 5 pm on Sundays.

According to Gonaduwa The idea for her latest exhibition manifested itself when she was working in Hambantota where she met locals whose hearts were blooming with hopes of joy.The grand development schemes have planted seeds of hope about great things to come. “When I went to Hambantota, people were so happy, that they got something great coming up.

They have got everything they wanted, they were very hopeful of their future. Hope is a powerful thing, it is funny that hope might not be a tangible thing, but the idea of it makes you feel happy and that is what trickled down to ‘Dreamweaver.’ Some of her works are abstract, whimsical and are refreshingly different. However according to her, there is more to those creations than what meets the eye.

Speaking of the philosophy that incorporates her latest collection, she articulates, “I like to think of ‘dreams’ as a seed that consciously or unconsciously takes hold and weaves its roots in a web, guiding our actions to its eventuality. That minute chance of it being reality keeps me buyout and expectant in my darkest hours. It gives me hope. Dreams can be woven in to proportion.”

The exhibition portrays her work under five themes in ‘Dream Catcher,’ ‘Dreamling,’ ‘Dream-seed,’ ‘Dream weaver’ and ‘Emanate.’