While the memory of when we first met is fuzzy (pretty sure now it was in Keeney, pre Fish Co.), I remember exactly where we were when she said she wanted to have an art gallery opening in New York City.
True to her character, she accomplished just that.
She found a gallery in SoHo, completed her first NYC-inspired collection...and LA.DEE.DA was launched. Here is a photo of the launch at Pomegranate Gallery and you can see more (including a visit from Matt Dillon) here.
Layla’s artwork is vibrant and unique…very much like her personality, and since the launch she has been brightening up spaces all over – receiving requests from people in NYC to California, for adults, kids, restaurants and more.
Just this past May she was asked to provide paintings for the re-opening of a popular restaurant in Greenwich - Meli Melo. Check out the press release here and if you’re in CT and have time to stop in for a crepe, you will be treated (as will your stomach, the food is delicious) to a viewing of a selection of her work.
And keeping the Brown connections going strong….she created these below for fellow ‘06er and friend Adam Braun that is displayed in his Pencils of Promise office.
AND…just a few weeks ago she showed this new set, which is one of my favorites.
I could go on and on, but I’ll stop and let you take a trip over to her site.
If you are looking for something to spice up your walls…..remember LA.DEE.DA. (named for Layla and her two sisters, Nadia and Neda).
Congratulations Layla! And see you all in Providence soon.
Dominique
