Abundance

Sudheera Dissanayake (Sudjuice), Abundance, 2024, Synthetic Polymer on canvas, diptych, 120 x 124cm

‘Abundance’ reflects an intimate period of introspection following the passing of my father. In the Buddha’s Four Noble Truths, life is described as dukkha, or suffering, yet the question is not only how we accept this truth but whether something meaningful can arise within it.

The work depicts a flourishing garden of fruits and flowers, and among them, a snake. For me, the snake represents karma, a force that moves through cycles of shedding and transformation. It took time to understand its presence, but meditation changed the way I saw it.

With time, the suffering woven through karma revealed itself not as a curse but as a great teacher. Its lessons, though difficult, opened the possibility of gratitude. Abundance does not appear only after hardship ends. It begins within it, unfolding through acceptance, awareness, and surrender