led to a larger show the following year
in the Institute of Architects.
One day a large lady breezed
into this exhibition like a galleon
in full sail with the remark ‘’well,
we have managed to find this place
amongst all the roadblocks’’ (the
Institute is located near the Prime
Minister’s house and amongst many
foreign embassies, and during those
uncertain days of possible action by
the Tamil tigers was a high security
zone) and ‘’some of these buildings are
illustrated in my book; you know my
book don’t you?’’ And I am thinking
‘’who is this woman?’’
She continued: ‘’why are you
here, anyway?’’ So I explain that I
had been invited, and most of my
paintings are of buildings (perhaps I
am really a frustrated architect) then:
‘’you should be in Barefoot, go and
see Dominic.’’ Light dawns – this is
Barbara Sansoni, founder of the most
prestigious craft shop and gallery in
Colombo, and Dominic is her son,
photographer and now director of
the business.
After a couple of exhibitions at