The colours explored in Ruwan Prasanna’s ‘Aluyama,’ or ‘Dawn,’ are those unseen by the naked eye; instead, they are representative of an inner beauty that evokes the dawn. Splashed across the canvases in spontaneous, thick gestural strokes are a kaleidoscope of bright, pulsating vivid colours. To Ruwan Prasanna, the dawning of a new day represents a rejuvenation of energy. In this he finds something soothing, something wonderfully hopeful. ‘Aluyama’ fully embodies the poetic sense of colour that Prasanna inherits from the Post-Impressionists. The dancing light and colours of dawn vibrate at a frequency that shakes away the worries of yesterday; leaving us feeling fresh and light. This is the feeling that Ruwan Prasanna evokes in his exhibition through the twenty canvas works bathed in swaths of rich orange and yellows with supple pinks and greens dissolving together to create a sense of fluidity. The sequential nature of his work guides a viewer around the room, from one moment in time to another, from one slant of light to another in a procession that mimics the dawning of a new day.