new painting|drinks & cigarettes
Posted on July 13, 2011 5 Comments
drinks & cigarettes, 2011, acrylic and collage on canvas, 76 x 101 cm
This is a commissioned work I started two days ago and finished this morning. Weeks ago, the request was simple: to paint a picture influenced by Sadu weaving. As simple as my goal was, I found myself floundering under the weight of the original painting I started for the job. It just wasn’t working out for me. I decided to go with the flow of where that one was taking me and start afresh with what was to become this one: Drinks & Cigarettes. Thank you, L, for giving me the opportunity and the challenge! Read More
flash lessons
Posted on July 11, 2011 Leave a Comment
back to school
My son is teaching me how to use Flash. It bothered him slightly that I was doodling, but he does the same at school. I’m very excited about my lessons. Read More
new painting|a murder of ballerinas
Posted on July 9, 2011 7 Comments
a murder of ballerinas, 2011, acrylic and collage on canvas, 75 x 100 cm
This is a painting I started weeks and weeks ago. It was originally intended to be a painting someone had commissioned me for. But she just didn’t want to be. And now I think I know why.
the professionots
Posted on June 23, 2011 3 Comments
typical
A few days ago, an article about me was published in a certain Kuwaiti online magazine. I read it and it more or less reflected who I am and that was that. I don’t know what prompted me to check back again yesterday but as I looked through the article, I had to do a double take. There was a picture published that 1)wasn’t there the first time I saw the post, and 2)wasn’t mine at all (the painting, that is). I immediately e-mailed the author, Deepa Pant, letting her know of the mistake and expressed my wonder at how and why the photo got there, and well after the article was published. She immediately (sorry to go into painful detail but it’s all important to the ridiculousness of the story and the gross unprofessionalism I experienced) wrote back to tell me she had no idea about the photo. Together, we made a concerted effort to get the photo removed. She e-mailed the magazine (cc-ing me), and I both e-mailed the magazine and left a comment on the post (which appeared but was awaiting moderation). And then I waited. This was around 3:00 or 4:00 pm.
The picture remained for several hours. I checked if my comment had been published: it had been rejected because it wasn’t there anymore. I’ll come back to this later. 8:31 pm I got an e-mail from Deepa that the photograph had finally been removed, neither one of us having heard from the magazine. Now here comes the rant: Read More
a chair
Posted on June 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
yesterday a friend asked: if i could be any inanimate object, what would i be? to me, it was a no-brainer. a chair, of course
still life: vase
Posted on June 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
I want a garden. But all I can afford is a vase of decaying flowers.
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