the well-dressed, well-coifed bulgarian lady who occasionally cheated
Posted on May 21, 2015 2 Comments
Listen as you watch:
When I started this picture earlier this evening, I was stuck. I knew I wanted to put something on this woman’s head, I just wasn’t sure what. A little ways in I posted my progress on Instagram. Minutes later, my friend Lubna Saif Abbas left a comment: I imagine her with a set of playing cards. I thought that was perfect! Because it allowed a narrative where this woman would have, on her head (well, in her hair) a playing card. So thank you, Lubna, for unsticking me!
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new paintings } square portraits II & III
Posted on May 21, 2015 Leave a Comment
square portrait II, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30cm
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- square portrait III, 2015, acylic on canvas, 30 x 30cm
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- square portrait I, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30cm
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- square portrait II, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30cm
two women, two hopes
Posted on May 20, 2015 Leave a Comment
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Because this week I’ve been immersed in all things Mai (even this journal is named after her), I’m going to include last night’s ‘The Hidden Light of Objects’ reading photos in this post.
mai al-nakib’s ‘the hidden light of objects’ } reading and book signing
Posted on May 18, 2015 Leave a Comment
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I spent a lovely morning with my dear friend mai al-nakib, whose award-winning book ‘the hidden light of objects’ is out in paperback. the reading is tomorrow at 6 pm at the Q8 bookstore adjacent to bayt lothan
Click here for more on Mai Al-Nakib’s ‘The Hidden Light of Objects’ and any upcoming events, articles and accolades!
new painting } square portrait I
Posted on May 17, 2015 2 Comments
square portrait I, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30cm
the book of curtains } me and rui
Posted on May 14, 2015 Leave a Comment
i dream of rui
It’s so rare that I’m inspired by contemporary art these days. And when I say ‘inspired’ I mean loving a body of work so much that I’m compelled to emulate it. I’ve been following Rui Tsunoda on Twitter and fell in love with his drawings. For the past two days I’ve been fiddling around with my pencils, markers, watercolors and inks in attempt after attempt to satisfactorily create a piece as dynamic as his. I finally settled on my Book of Curtains and Abraxas inks to fully embrace Rui. I became so frustrated, however; knew that all I had to do was keep going, that it would eventually come together. It finally did when I accidentally spilled my ‘rosa rosen’ ink on my desk (and phone). There was a second of horrific disbelief followed by a wait-a-second-why-not moment. I turned my book over the spill and allowed the paper to absorb the pink ink. And it was complete.
rui’s twitter page. i wish i could post some originals here, but if you have twitter, just fly on over there to check it out for yourselves (link above)
zeri crafts notebook } over under
Posted on May 13, 2015 Leave a Comment
zeri crafts notebook } over under
watercolor sketchbook } rugface
Posted on May 12, 2015 Leave a Comment
watercolor sketchbook } rugface
watercolor sketchbook } rainbow twins
Posted on May 10, 2015 1 Comment
watercolor sketchbook } rainbow twins
for instagram
Posted on May 9, 2015 Leave a Comment
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Every now and then I put a little effort into an Instagram shot. This isn’t perfect, but the thing I like about Instagram is its ‘homemade’ aspect, and I’m a homemade kind of girly. Read More
video illustration } take three
Posted on May 8, 2015 2 Comments
A little over a minute done. I need to get permission for this song and the process is so confusing! Any advice is welcome x Read More
video illustration } take two
Posted on May 3, 2015 Leave a Comment
Ok, here it is all fixed and 33 seconds in. I’ve moved it from PowerPoint to iMovie, which makes a ton more sense. Please keep in mind that I am using this song without permission, and that it is something I’m working on now.
watercolor sketchbook } friday funk
Posted on May 1, 2015 Leave a Comment
watercolor sketchbook } friday funk
Listen to Natalie Merchant sing My Skin.
watercolor sketchbook } when in japan
Posted on April 28, 2015 2 Comments
watercolor sketchbook } when in japan
Listen to Regina Spektor sing Just Like the Movies.
video illustration } one week on
Posted on April 24, 2015 Leave a Comment
I want to cry. I started this video a week ago. This morning I had twenty seconds. I still have twenty seconds. But my PowerPoint crashed and I lost fifty frames. I want to cry.
But I won’t. Read More
stories of eves } fatima & eve } part two
Posted on April 23, 2015 Leave a Comment
This is part two of Eve’s adventures with my friend (and her friend now) Fatima Fayez. When Fatima sent me these, she included her own narrative. I loved reading Eve’s days unfold via Fatima’s Whatsapp messages! So I’m going to post them here along with the photos she took. Read More
new video illustration
Posted on April 17, 2015 Leave a Comment
You know it’s rewarding when you spend six hours doing it and the result is six seconds long. I haven’t done a ‘video’ for ages and as I was driving the other morning, listening to Elbow’s Mirrorball, I started visualizing the song. Of course I have no idea where this will go but I think that so far it’s really cool. I’m very happy with it.
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