PrettyGreenBullet Exhibition Drawing
Posted on November 11, 2010 1 Comment
Because I’m always showing videos and slideshows of my works in progress, I thought it would be a good idea to turn the tables and photograph others and their creative processes. So I set up a little work station and let people do their thing. Artists include Yasmeen Dimashkie, Yousef Abu-Ghazaleh, Khaled Abu-Ghazaleh, Zainab Abu-Ghazaleh, Omar Dimashkie, his friends Andrew and Evan, Lina Al-Adwani, Ali Sultan, Hamad AlSaab, Thuraya Al-Baqsami, Mai Alnakib, Rania Al-Nakib, Hind Al-Adwani, Hussa Al-Hassawi, Aseel AlYagoub, Sharifa Abdulsalam, Monira Al Qadiri, Mohammed Al-Kouh, Hassan Alkandari, Yasmine Alkandari, Waleed Shaalan, Siba Orabi and Suzan Al-Mutawa. I know there were a couple more who participated, but I didn’t get the names. Thanks, everyone. I love people who cooperate and get into the spirit of things! Cross the bridge for sectioned photos of this piece. Read More
Notes & Doodles|Palestinian Cultural Center Meeting November 11, 2010
Posted on November 11, 2010 Leave a Comment
the pages are quite sparse because i had to run off to my exhibition. sigh
PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition|November 9, 2010
Posted on November 10, 2010 18 Comments
For all the hardships endured in getting this exhibition up and ready, I would say that the opening went quite smoothly. And I think I might have even enjoyed it a little too much for a girl whose legs were about to collapse into a fleshy pile around her feet. But enough of my wobbly anatomy. The night was fun, and hopefully a wee bit insightful, funny and enlightening. That’s all I can ever hope for. And a spare set of legs, medium size, ecru.
Thanks to photographer Khaled Al-Saleh for these photos. I’ll be posting some more when the exhibition is over (tomorrow 10am-2pm is the last showing).
Oh, and finally, if you were one of the creatives who worked on the drawing, please send me your name. I know most of you but there were some I didn’t get! I’ll be making a stop motion film of the drawing in progress and would like to credit all the artists who participated. Thanks!
is anybody out there yet?
Posted on November 9, 2010 Leave a Comment
I'm nervous. I'm excited. I'm mingling with the few who are already here
New Monday|In the Nick of Time
Posted on November 7, 2010 3 Comments
I have finally completed this painting. It’s taken over a year (well, I did stop for months and months, but still, it was there gnawing at me, simmering on the back burner). I’m very happy with not just the way it has turned out, but the fact that I can include it in Tuesday’s show.
My Friends & Me|For Water by Leslie White
Posted on November 6, 2010 1 Comment
Leslie White, for water, november 5, 2010, ink, Citra Solv collage images, newspaper text, watercolor and gesso on paper
How lovely when I find treasures like this in my e-mailbox. This was partly inspired by my collage postcard series so I’m very, very flattered by it. Thank you, Leslie, for creating and sharing this with me. I love the nostalgic feel of this piece. It reminds me of the books I used to leaf through as a child, before I could read.
the last four. i’m going to miss my mess
Posted on November 3, 2010 3 Comments
these are the final postcards (and the only works) i've created especially for my upcoming exhibition
The date of my exhibition is creeping closer and my stomach just had to turn on me! In the past few days, my turbulent mind was stuck in a body that wouldn’t cooperate. I’ve finally mustered up enough strength, energy and appetite to post this final leg of my postcard series. For the next four to five days, I have to work my ass off to make it all work. And when I say ‘make it all work’, I’m just talking about the menial things like getting pictures framed and captions printed. But none of that compares to a shitty stomach virus so I’m not going to complain any longer! Read More
Notes & Doodles|Green Caravan Film Festival 2010
Posted on October 30, 2010 1 Comment
I’m patting myself on the back for volunteering to do some booth work at the Green Caravan Film Festival starting tomorrow. Of course what I will be doing there is nothing compared to the organizational efforts put forth by the festival’s founders Sandra Al-Saleh and Reham Al-Samerai. The event is free of charge. And of course I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t take notes at our volunteer’s meeting this morning and post them on my blog. Support our earth, educate (and entertain) yourself. Cross the bridge for the film schedule.
today’s decay
Posted on October 29, 2010 Leave a Comment
I found a spot on the wall. I started to scratch at it with my finger. I cringed as my nail touched the chalky surface, its tip scraping little bits of paint onto the floor. When the hole got bigger I saw an eye peeping through, then a finger. Was it scratching at the wall I was hiding in?
the dizzy
Posted on October 26, 2010 3 Comments
how serendipitous! i had to just stop work on this one because i was suddenly hit with a sense of completion as soon as i got dizzy. the vertigo i felt when i added and then removed the magenta tissue paper was so immense that i had to stop. it made my eyes go funny and my brain wobble.
My son, Y, helped me with this one. He painted some of the circles in the background. Hey, if Santa can have his elves…
Homes:Maysaa Al-Mumin & Thomas Modeen|Doha, Qatar
Posted on October 25, 2010 2 Comments
i love the way, with so much to look at around tom and maysaa's living room, my girl is still staring right at the camera
One moment she was in my studio in Kuwait, and the next she was in an American SUV driven by Maysaa Al-Mumin en route to Doha, Qatar via Saudi Arabia. She’s now finally up on the Modeen living room wall. This painting, The Note, has seen many exhibitions and even traveled to Florence with me. It’s funny, however, how things work out and she ends up with two dear friends, far away but close. Read More
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