| Since
the original review of Ms. Weerasinghe's site in June 1999, it has evolved
into a sleek new gallery. Gone is the rotating cube applet, and a
streamlined java script has replaced it. You are presented with a
choice of English or German, and led into the gallery proper. When
the site was re-designed in late 2000, there was initially a problem with
the number of 'rooms' that appeared to be available for viewing.
I had only a 17-inch monitor at the time and it was set to a resolution
of 800x600. At that setting, I was only able to see five rooms in
Early Works, when in fact there are seven. Since then, the issue
has been corrected by the addition of scroll bars within the frame.
In fact, the whole navigation of the site has improved dramatically, allowing
you to concentrate on the content instead of how to get to it.
Ms Weerasinghe created the
style as well as the term ArtHealing, a relatively new concept to North
America. The premise is that cheerful, warm colours, purposely allowed
to run together and imbued with "metaphysical vibrations", elicit changes
in the viewer's mood. And it is in this section that you will find
most of her work. There are seventeen 'rooms' holding over 54 images.
Bright, vibrant colours splash across your screen as you peruse the modern
art paintings done in oils, water colors, and acrylics. Twenty images,
created during the '80's and painted on artificial silk, are displayed
in the seven rooms of the Early Works pages. You will also find a
puzzle in this section, although I've never been able to figure out exactly
how to solve it.
Gudrun's art has been displayed
throughout world, with gallery viewings in Europe, Canada, China, and the
U.S. Two of her most recent showings were right here in Canada, at
The Festival Salon des Beaux Arts in Montreal and at Gallery Systeme in
Toronto.
The graphic at the top of
this page is an original painting by Gudrun. Click on it to visit
her site.
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