in duplicate } the creation of unoriginal artwork #14, #15 & #17
Posted on July 14, 2012 Leave a Comment
#14 original. i find more and more that it’s about the copy and not the original. i get these great little surprises on the next page and that sets my heart aflutter
#14 duplicate. i had used a brand new piece of carbon paper here. the only ‘unknown’ was how the pencil and pen would transfer to the next page. on the next one, however, i used the same carbon paper to duplicate the original
eight postcards today
Posted on July 12, 2012 1 Comment
a chorus of robins
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- missing her girl
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- les nuisances
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- her bag on the chair
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- beauty and the bullies
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- the ones who are and the ones who were
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- sarah’s daughter
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- a chorus of robins
my works exclusively at dar.nur
Posted on July 11, 2012 6 Comments
watercolor and collage postcards
I’m pleased to announce that dar.nur is now officially the exclusive agent for all my artwork*. For more information on the works, please feel free to contact them directly on info@dar-nur.com.
dar.nur is located in the Lilly center in Old Shuwaikh behind City Centre.
P.O. Box: 64913, Shuwaikh, B 72460, Kuwait
*not including works at solo or group exhibitions.
my friends & me } thuraya lynn
Posted on July 4, 2012 4 Comments
stuck in cat’s hair
thuraya lynn
I have never met Thuraya Lynn. At least not in person. But through her works, I have fallen in love with this elfin artist. Thuraya Lynn is ‘Kuwaiti’ by name but she appears to be anything but. I follow her on Instagram and she seems to belong to a coterie of young, life-loving misfits (and I mean ‘misfits’ in a good way). But one thing sets her apart from her friends: her crazy talent and childlike imagination. Her drawings and paintings exhibit a fearlessness possessed only by seasoned painters. And possibly every child on this planet. In her drawings Thuraya leaves her miniature frame on her bedroom floor to become this giant, drawing like a master in the mind of an innocent child.
heaven is on my face
Thuraya, how do you start painting? Are you intimidated by a white sheet of paper? Most of the time I start with words. I have notes upon notes filled with titles and short haikus. In that sense the canvas turns into a visual poem. Listening to music, usually indie rock, Japanese pop or 60s jazz helps too. If I’m ever stuck, I go to the library and start flipping through historical books. I have a sick-admiration/fetish for China during the 1970s Cultural Revolution.
And no, [a blank sheet of paper] doesn’t scare me as much as it did when I was in my teens. I suppose it comes with havin’ more self-confidence in my own visions.
postcards } sister’s head
Posted on June 28, 2012 Leave a Comment
sister’s head, 2012, watercolor, ink and collage on paper, 10cm x 15cm
dar al-funoon’s 2nd affordable art exhibition
Posted on June 27, 2012 3 Comments
Visit the Dar Al-Funoon gallery for its second Affordable Art Exhibition. On display will be works by some pretty hefty artists, nothing over KD400, so a great chance to acquire a decent work of art.
The gallery address is Al-Watiah, Behbehani Compound, House 28 telephone: 2243-3138
postcards } face
Posted on June 26, 2012 Leave a Comment
face, 2012, watercolor and collage on paper, 10cm x 15cm
Boushahri Gallery 4th Annual Art Salon
Posted on June 26, 2012 Leave a Comment
boushahri gallery
Boushahri Gallery opened its 4th Annual Salon last Sunday. The exhibition will be open all summer. Read More
six postcards on june 25th
Posted on June 25, 2012 1 Comment
jealous spy, 2012, watercolor, ink and collage on paper, 10cm x 15cm
postcards } w.c.
Posted on June 25, 2012 1 Comment
w.c., 2012, watercolor, ink and collage on paper, 10cm x 15cm
four postcards on june 24th
Posted on June 24, 2012 Leave a Comment
bust of busts, 2012, watercolor and collage on paper, 10cm x 15cm
postcards for prettygreenbullet } thethirdexhibition
Posted on June 24, 2012 Leave a Comment
I have officially started work on my third PrettyGreenBullet exhibition. And a fixture in both previous PGB exhibitions were my postcards. I can’t imagine this one without. I’ve missed doing these. And normally when I miss a certain medium I always start off on a high. Today, I completed four postcards and started work on three others. It’ll be fun. Read More
when your notebook falls apart, you get a surprise like this
Posted on June 23, 2012 Leave a Comment
I love loose-leaf paper. My triplicate book accidentally ripped down the middle and I took advantage of that little hiccup by tearing the rest of it apart. The drawn-on pages anyway.
One of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite childhood movies, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, is when Eglantine Price, the apprentice witch, frantically shuffles through her disheveled heap of spells to find the right one. When I watched this movie as a twelve-year-old, I was very conflicted as to whether I would have preferred the spells the way they were, an utter but very tactilely satisfying mess, or in a file cabinet. I think what happened to my book answers that question once and for all. Definitely the former.
in triplicate } the creation of unoriginal artwork #21 } face in bust
Posted on June 22, 2012 Leave a Comment
face in bust original in pencil colors and pen. i think you may notice that my triplicate book has come apart, which i find far more appealing now
new painting complete } beauty queen sitting in a garden with a snake
Posted on June 22, 2012 1 Comment
beauty queen sitting in a garden with a snake, 2012, acrylic on canvas, 76cm x 120cm
new painting on tuesday
Posted on June 21, 2012 1 Comment
the face as it is today, the rest is still a work in progress
Letter to a Teacher
Posted on June 20, 2012 5 Comments
I’ve always expressed my appreciation for the teaching profession. Educators have a great responsibility for the creation of well-rounded, literate individuals. Many of my friends are teachers (in the literal sense; I’m leaving out parents here), and every single one of them instructs with a passion not just to teach but to learn from their students. To all my teacher friends and friendly teachers, I salute you.
prettygreenbullet 