https://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/02/01/david-comes-back-to-town/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dd102.jpgdd102https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dd101.jpgdd101Iber (the big one) and teton (the little one)https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dd100.jpgdd100https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dd92.jpgdd92https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dd91.jpgdd91https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dd90.jpgdd90https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dd88.jpgdd88https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dd86.jpgdd86https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dd84.jpgdd84one more shot, madam!https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dd82.jpgdd82one more shot, madam!2025-05-06T15:41:50+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/02/03/the-traveling-tap-4-the-pantiles-leatherhead-surrey/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tt12.jpgtt12roxie and the taphttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tt11.jpgtt11from the room i sleep in at the pantileshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tt10.jpgtt10the frost-speckled grass outside where it's slightly less coldhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tt09.jpgtt09she crumbles to stay warmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tt08.jpgtt08in the woods outsidehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tt07.jpgtt07hanging from a sky of leaves and timberhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tt05.jpgtt05roxie is the best participator https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tt04.jpgtt04hanging from the girls' bedroom. not an easy feat with the moss and frost. and she's one heavy thinghttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tt03.jpgtt03she's always watchinghttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tt02.jpgtt02she peeps into the dining room window. i'm warm and she's cold2025-05-06T15:41:50+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/12/07/girls-explore-eves-discover-zeri-crafts/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_1430.jpgIMG_1430laila alhamad, gracious and graceful alwayshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/zc04.jpgzc04these cushions have been my favorites since the beginning. i love the subtle variations in blue. and of course matt corbin bishop's stamps round up the look very nicelyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/zc03.jpgzc03pick a color, any colorhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/zc02.jpgzc02eve tries to climp into nedda el-asmar's silver incense burnerhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/zc01.jpgzc01she wants all of it for christmashttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/vc12.jpgvc12how lucky we are to have this delightful oasis in the midst of salmiya's hustle and bustle. located on a quiet street overlooking the gulf, zeri crafts could not have been located in a more apt location.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/vc11.jpgvc11this is where we have our tea and date balls. i want to live here and so does evehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/vc10.jpgvc10swimming in a basket of earth-toned notebooks is her favorite thing to dohttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/vc09.jpgvc09eve hangs from a mashrabiya lamphttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/vc08.jpgvc08sarah alhamad's books 'sun bread and sticky toffee' and 'cardamom and lime'2025-05-06T15:41:49+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/12/31/my-fifteen-for-2014/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_3055.jpgIMG_3055this picturehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/hour-drawing-2-09.jpghour drawing 2 09hour drawing twohttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ga-mathaf-03.jpgGA Mathaf-03my sketchbooks lined nicely at the project space in doha's mathaf: arab museum of modern arthttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/eve-and-friends-05.jpgeve and friends 05https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/eve-and-friends-04.jpgeve and friends 04https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/eve-and-friends-03.jpgeve and friends 03https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/eve-and-friends-02.jpgeve and friends 02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/eve-and-friends-01.jpgeve and friends 01https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/15-for-14.jpg15 for 142025-05-06T15:41:49+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/01/04/the-little-ones-inspired-by-a-doodle-this-morning/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/little-ones-02.jpglittle ones 02back when she was purehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/little-ones-01.jpglittle ones 01my kingdom for a sharpener } as many erasers as exist in this home, i can never find a sharpener. i have no sharpeners. so i improvise (ps. the white pencil in this picture was not sharpened by one of my improvisational sharpeners)https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/little-ones-ticker-tape.jpglittle ones ticker tapethe first one } ticker tapehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/little-one-striped.jpglittle one stripedthe second one } the striped onehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/little-one-dear-john.jpglittle one dear johnthe third one } ticker tapehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/little-ones-doodle.jpglittle ones doodlethe doodle that re-began it all. it's not really a doodle but i think you know what i mean2025-05-06T15:41:49+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/01/26/uk-days-part-i-days-one-two-the-day-before/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/uk119.jpguk119in the tunnel we must keep left, no matter whathttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/uk23.jpguk23and the day ends with a nice dinner in town. thank you, tom!https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/uk22.jpguk22the university of greenwich where we are so close to the most accurate time on earth. sighhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/uk21.jpguk21the cutty sarkhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/uk20.jpguk20what do you see?https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/uk17.jpguk17the island gardens. it was biting cold that nighthttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/uk16.jpguk16we later travel to greenwich to walk through the greenwich foot tunnel. this is the south entrancehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/uk15.jpguk15january 18 } i have brunch/lunch with my friend tom who takes me to see the 'gothic imagination' exhibition at the british libraryhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/uk13.jpguk13i meet these lovely ladies too. from left to right: maha, rania, nermeen and rania (who i'd met a few trips back)https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/uk12.jpguk12never seen this many sheeshas2025-05-06T15:41:49+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/02/09/new-painting-pond-complete/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pond-26.jpgpond 26https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pond-25.jpgpond 25https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pond-23.jpgpond 23https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pond-22.jpgpond 22https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pond-21.jpgpond 21https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pond-20.jpgpond 20i'm sad to see this painting go but at least i have photos to come back tohttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pond-complete.jpgpond complete2025-05-06T15:41:48+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/04/17/hour-drawing-two-first-hour/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/hour-drawing-02-03.jpghour drawing 02 03asymmetric women. hour one completehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/hour-drawing-02-01.jpghour drawing 02 01asymmetric dresshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/hour-drawing-2-01.jpghour drawing 2 012025-05-06T15:41:48+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/06/06/a-journal-with-a-new-not-completely-found-purpose/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/boc07.jpgboc07https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/boc06.jpgboc06https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/boc05.jpgboc05https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/boc04.jpgboc04https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/boc03.jpgboc03i numbered the pages to the end with my numbering stamphttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/boc02.jpgboc02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/boc01.jpgboc012025-05-06T15:41:48+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/07/03/the-old-monkey-two-days-in-hadleigh/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/diary-june-27-2014.jpgdiary june 27 2014.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_4881.jpgIMG_4881i love graveyards. i feel most at peace here. this building is right across from the churchhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_4920.jpgIMG_4920back in the cottage enjoying the peaceful and rainy eveninghttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/a50.jpga50good bye, old monkeyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/a49.jpga49i do hope to see you againhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/a48.jpga48time to give my key back to kathryn who was lovely and so generous to share this cottage with the worldhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/a46.jpga46the day of my departure i found one last monkey on the bedroom wall. needless to say, this freaked me outhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/a45.jpga45in another corner was this chair. and something that caught my eye...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/a44.jpga44this keyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/a43.jpga43sunny in the daytime, i was a little scared to be here at night. and this is why i should never, ever visit one of these gorgeous cottages alone. oh! look at the chair in the corner. i fell in love with this chair, which looked like it had seen better days. but i'm like that; i find charm in battered old things2025-05-06T15:41:48+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/08/04/in-duplicate-and-triplicate-they-dance-to-andrew-bird/2025-05-06T15:41:48+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/11/25/new-painting-on-friday-the-five-others/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/face.jpgfacehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/paintings-two-13.jpgpaintings two 13https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/paintings-two-12.jpgpaintings two 12https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/paintings-two-11.jpgpaintings two 11https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/paintings-two-09.jpgpaintings two 09https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/paintings-two-07.jpgpaintings two 07https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/paintings-two-06.jpgpaintings two 06the dynamic is very different when i have the composition of my painting in mind. i feel restless and try to concentrate on the novelty and expression of each facehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/paintings-two-05.jpgpaintings two 05https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/paintings-two-04.jpgpaintings two 04taking a break with the old and the newhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/paintings-two-03.jpgpaintings two 03the dynamic is very different when i have the composition of my painting in mind. i feel restless and try to concentrate on the novelty and expression of each face2025-05-06T15:41:47+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/12/02/the-astridghadah-exchange-three-weeks-to-one-day-ago/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_4802.pngIMG_4802astrid: 'can you spot them in the crowd?'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_4801.pngIMG_4801astrid: 'the girls have come to the studio to play with me today!'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_4800.pngIMG_4800astrid: 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dish, was instrumental in bringing about my labor with two of my children. it's also been known to make you drowsy and dumb. we suspect it's the nutmeg. but we don't say a thinghttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_5826.jpgIMG_5826come, let me warm youhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/testing-waters.jpgtesting watersout of the frying panhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/escape.jpgescapegenius in a bottle2025-05-06T15:41:47+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/01/28/the-traveling-tap-2-current-location-doha-qatar/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3622.pngIMG_3622bailey the dog in californiahttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3621.pngIMG_3621in dubai with my sisterhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3620.pngIMG_3620https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3619.pngIMG_3619palm tree and shehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3618.pngIMG_3618lahttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3617.pngIMG_3617escondido, californiahttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3616.pngIMG_3616kitty cathttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3615.pngIMG_3615with baileyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3614.pngIMG_3614omming with bianca, back in kuwaithttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3613.pngIMG_3613the atrium at vcu 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by sidehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_0446.jpgDSC_0446as far as i'm concerned, she can stop traveling now. my tapestry and the dome of the rock2025-05-06T15:41:46+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/07/08/nugget/2025-05-06T15:41:46+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/07/26/the-traveling-tap-3-current-location-san-francisco/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_8218.pngIMG_8218the girls really are luckyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_8217.pngIMG_8217i like that the girls got a little wethttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_8215.pngIMG_8215ayesha's caption reads 'the girls wanted to see the golden gate bridge, so i had to oblige. glad the little one was holding on tightly-it was really windy out there!'2025-05-06T15:41:46+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/09/06/fridays-thing-its-not-a-painting-its-a-sound-board/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/friday-12.jpgfriday 12...as shapes and shadows begin to formhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/friday-08.jpgfriday 08this is the end of crazy...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/friday-06.jpgfriday 06dew dropshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/friday-05.jpgfriday 05povhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/friday-03.jpgfriday 03this represents the dissonance in my head right now. if only i were the sort of artist who uses the phrase 'this represents'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/friday-02.jpgfriday 02i had to keep remembering that this was an exercise in not over-thinking. i've been finding it very difficult to relax my mind. people tell me to meditate but i get fidgety. i have too much energy for that sort of stuffhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/friday-01.jpgfriday 01unrolled. usually when i look at a painting that i'd stopped working on for a while, i get some sense of 'it's not as bad as i remember it'. not with this onehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/friday-00.jpgfriday 00things aren't supposed to take form but they are and i'm not sure if i'm happy about it2025-05-06T15:41:46+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/10/22/a-trip-to-essex-brook-cottage/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/brook-40.jpgbrook 40zainab and i slept in this room in the attic. head bumps: 3 in the en suite bathroom: 2. mind you some of these bumps were cheek bumps. other casualties included knees and shins. all part of the charm, all part of the charm...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/brook-39.jpgbrook 39the dining area is cleared uphttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/brook-37.jpgbrook 37but soon the kitchen is back in orderhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/brook-36.jpgbrook 36this is part of the main bedroom which khaled and my sister yasmine slept inhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/brook-35.jpgbrook 35https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/brook-34.jpgbrook 34yousef's window and a teddy bear. this room was off the main bedroom which i just realized i forgot to take a photo ofhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/brook-33.jpgbrook 33yousef's room. i was warned that this was a low-ceilinged room. all the same, i always say my son yousef is a hobbit and he likes thathttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/brook-32.jpgbrook 32i couldn't get it all in one go. head bumps in this room: 2https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/brook-31.jpgbrook 31ah, relaxationhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/brook-29.jpgbrook 29we found this perfect slipway for the girls. i don't think they were too happy with the pigeon shit though2025-05-06T15:41:46+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/05/27/new-sketchbook-learning-how-to-draw-all-over-again/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_2837.jpgIMG_2837https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_2836.jpgIMG_2836https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_2835.jpgIMG_2835https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_2834.jpgIMG_2834https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/wcsketchbook-couch.jpgwcsketchbook couchhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/wcsketch-hand.jpgwcsketch hand2025-05-06T15:41:45+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/08/04/old-lamp-new-lamp-complete/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_5557.jpgIMG_5557and done. for sure this timehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_5541.jpgIMG_5541let's go, girlshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_5536.jpgIMG_5536getting themselves mobilized https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_5533.jpgIMG_5533i had two girls to complete, and two whole new ones to sketchhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_5545.jpgIMG_5545remember this? i started this project december 11, 2011. i finished it yesterday. it took me two days, eight months apart to complete2025-05-06T15:41:45+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/11/28/three-of-four-commissioned-chairs/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_6463.jpgIMG_6463the mischievous onehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_6416.jpgIMG_6416all hands on deckhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_69591.jpgIMG_6959https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_6807.jpgIMG_6807without the thiefhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_6804.jpgIMG_6804this is how i remember the colors and pen tips. just stack them with the ends used on the righthttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_6802.jpgIMG_6802as much as i love ikea, it's always a struggle when it comes to assembling their pieces. the shittiest part of the jobhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_6959.jpgIMG_6959chair #3 } the book thief2025-05-06T15:41:45+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/12/09/preparing-for-an-exhibition-in-march-number-one/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_8080.jpgIMG_8080https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_8072.jpgIMG_8072https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_8018.jpgIMG_8018https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_7310.jpgIMG_7310a bit of fun with this one. it's playing like this which gives growth to ideas that end up in my exhibitionshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_7312.jpgIMG_73122025-05-06T15:41:45+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/12/18/the-traveling-tap-current-location-london/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_8786.pngIMG_8786and here she is at home with my daughter. i had taken this photo to give ninky a scale of the tapestry. i'm still shocked (and delighted) she said yeshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_8788.pngIMG_8788in cairo, crashing a wedding. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_8787.pngIMG_8787the current location of the original traveling tapestry is london. the current owner is george fikry. thank you, george for being part of her life!2025-05-06T15:41:45+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/01/02/the-traveling-tap-current-location-barcelona/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_9722.pngIMG_9722this is the last post by @aj_lee. the sculpture is 'cavall de troia' by artist maria helguera. isn't this stunning?https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_9726.pngIMG_9726'today i found her'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_9724.pngIMG_9724oh. there were three jaw-droppers. and one lip-biter (the trojan horse one)https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_9723.pngIMG_9723jaw-dropper twohttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_9725.pngIMG_9725jaw-dropper onehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_9727.pngIMG_97272025-05-06T15:41:45+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/01/03/working-on-a-sunny-thursday-morning/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/thursday-morning-03.jpgthursday morning 03https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/thursday-morning-02.jpgthursday morning 02i thought this was finished but it wasn't. so this is it finished nowhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/thursday-morning-01.jpgthursday morning 01i love this white carbon paper. the possibilities are endless...2025-05-06T15:41:45+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/10/24/header-countdown/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/header-countdown.jpgheader countdown2025-05-06T15:41:44+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/11/23/the-sitting-series-six-complete-four-to-go/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/red-maid.jpgred maidthe girl in the foreground is sitting, mustering up the energy to ask her maid for a glass of water. meanwhile the maid waits subserviently. that's just the first story to come to mindhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/red-letter.jpgred letterletters feature a lot in my works. many of you know my love affair with letters. i'm not only fascinated by them as objects in their own right, but the stories they hold and the power of a single piece of folded paper change the course of the dayhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/red-glass.jpgred glasstwo girls in a bar, one says to the other...i don't know, just felt like a good joke openerhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/barbed.jpgbarbedthis one looks like she's emerging from barbed wire. or maybe she got stuck there. either way, she has this fierce expression which i felt perfectly matched her situationhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/sitting-with-black-and-gold.jpgsitting with black and goldthis one looks completely different! actually, all the ones i posted originally do, except for one which I haven't included in this post2025-05-06T15:41:44+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/11/29/the-bejeweled-show-soda-pop-bling-totemic-flights/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/lbo-tilal.jpglbo tilalthere's lots of goodness to take in at the gallery. for an extra treat, you can take a look at the gallery collection hanging on the wallshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/lbo-two-cokes.jpglbo two cokestwo more coca colas because they're fun. and i love the way the guy's legs echo the two display standshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/lbo-necklace.jpglbo necklacethis is one of lubna's creations and one of my personal favorites. lubna says that 'totems and crosses have played a pivotal role in many societies' expression and development. [they] are symbolic attempts by man to create a vibrant connection with the cosmos and creativity in the same sensehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/lbo-ice-queen.jpglbo ice queenbettina's ice queen is 'one of [her] earliest pieces that expresses the whimsical fantasy of hans christen anderson's story in this haunting yet beautiful rendition [recreated] through the imagination'. unfortunately, bettina isn't at the show. she's in ireland busy being the ice queen of dublinhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/lbo-fareed.jpglbo fareedcalligraphist and jewelry maker (and thinker!) farid abdal's letter rings and bracelets are on display at the lbo j'zazz exhibit. i'm a proud owner of the letter 'ghain' ringhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/lbo-queen-lubna.jpglbo queen lubnathe queen and her subjectshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/lbo-coca-cola.jpglbo coca colahere lubna fuses her passion for the environment with her love for bead work. i knew coca cola was good for something2025-05-06T15:41:44+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/12/31/my-favorite-eleven-of-this-year/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/feet.jpegfeethttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/drawing-ramadan-drawing.jpgdrawing ramadan drawinghttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/a16.jpgstories of eves exhibitionhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/kareems.jpgKareem'shttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/feet.jpgfeethttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/www-swim.jpgwww swimhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/a01.jpgcar crashhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/bazaar-interview-pgb-2.jpgbazaar interview pgb 2https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/twelve-and-a-half.jpgtwelve and a halfhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/book-one-body-parts-inside-02.jpgbook one body parts inside 022025-05-06T15:41:44+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/08/17/ramadan-drawingaugust-17/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ramadan-drawing.jpgramadan drawing2025-05-06T15:41:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/08/19/ramadan-drawingaugust-19/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ramadan-drawing-day-six-new-new.jpegramadan drawing day six new newhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ramadan-drawing-day-seven.jpgramadan drawing day seven2025-05-06T15:41:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/08/21/ballerina-pink-at-gallery-tilal/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/a03.jpga03there she is. she keeps good company with gallery curator salwa alqadi and some works by syrian artist sabhan adam2025-05-06T15:41:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/08/21/ruby-her-three-yellow-roses-2/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ruby-her-yellow-roses.jpgruby & her yellow rosesruby & her three yellow roses2025-05-06T15:41:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/08/28/ramadan-drawingday-before-last/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/makeshift-work-02.jpgmakeshift work 02this is the perfect set-up. my daughter was on the couch next to me, the birds outside having their dinner and the things i like within reach. the perfect makeshift workspacehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/makeshift-workspace.jpgmakeshift workspaceeyes on the news. i love that many of the different lines in these drawings remind me of stories, what I was watching at the time or a conversation I was having. because usually i'm occupying my mind with something else at the same time 2025-05-06T15:41:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/08/29/ramadan-drawingthe-end/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ramadan-drawing-day-thirteen.jpgramadan drawing day thirteen2025-05-06T15:41:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/09/19/ugh/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1000.jpgironyanyone for a round of irony?https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/idiot-botambas.jpgidiot botambasspeechless2025-05-06T15:41:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/09/22/ugh-part-two/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/just-not-stupid-enough.jpgjust not stupid enough2025-05-06T15:41:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/09/24/upcoming-exhibitionprettygreenbullet-ii/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pgb-5.jpgpgb.5https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pgb-4.jpgpgb.4https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pgb-2-3.jpgpgb.2.3https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pgb-2-2.jpgpgb.2.2https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pgb-2-1.jpgpgb.2.12025-05-06T15:41:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/09/28/contemporary-art-platformopening-tonight/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/a021.jpggallery generalthis is a more general view of the gallery, which is quite large; great for a major retrospective exhibitionhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/a011.jpgyazigi and hirsta mischievous sprite and skulls: works by fadi yazigi and damien hirst respectivelyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/a031.jpga03gallery director liane al-ghusain in the gallery library with a copy of the b journal and a playful bear2025-05-06T15:41:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/10/09/sisters-2/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/sisters.jpgsisterssisters, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 50 x 60 cm2025-05-06T15:41:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/05/21/homesinspire-advertisingalsaleh-building/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/girl-with-doll.jpggirl with dollthese photos have a fuzzy quality that i find appealing. like she's flowing through murky watershttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/photo-1.jpgphoto (1)girl with doll2025-05-06T15:41:42+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/08/12/a-mother-and-her-daughter-at-the-park/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mom-and-daughter.jpgmom and daughterhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/pale.jpgpalehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/in-the-park.jpgin the parkmother & her daughter at the park, 2011, acrylic and newspaper on canvas, 75 x 100 cm2025-05-06T15:41:42+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/08/14/ramadan-drawingaugust-14/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cant-wait-to-get-my-scanner-in-customs-now.jpgcan't wait to get my scanner in customs nowhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ramadan-drawing-day-five-detail1.jpgramadan drawing day five detail2025-05-06T15:41:42+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/02/27/ruby-her-three-yellow-roses/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/planet16.jpgplanet16https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/planet15.jpgplanet15https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/planet14.jpgplanet14https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/planet13.jpgplanet13https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/planet12.jpgplanet12https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/planets10.jpgplanets10https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/planets09.jpgplanets09i kind of wish i'd stopped herehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/planets08.jpgplanets08https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/planets07.jpgplanets07https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/planets06.jpgplanets062025-05-06T15:41:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/03/02/bazaar-magazine-me/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bazaar-me1.jpgbazaar mebazaar magazine, march 20112025-05-06T15:41:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/03/09/homesethel-cooper/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ethels-things.jpgethel's thingsthe dizzy, snug as a bughttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dizzys-home.jpgdizzy's homeethel also owns a work by khaled al najdi2025-05-06T15:41:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/03/11/ghadah-alkandaristories-of-eves/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/inv_cardback.jpginv_cardbackhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/inv_cardface.jpginv_cardface2025-05-06T15:41:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/03/23/homes-ghena-el-haririamman-jordan/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/photo.jpgphotoghena called her yellow tape portrait 'sophie'. i really like the name2025-05-06T15:41:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/05/01/doormay-1-2011-am-pm/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/door.jpgdoorit's on its way. now if only i could actually use it as a door2025-05-06T15:41:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/05/15/huda-lutfizanit-al-sittatthe-sultan-gallery/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lutfi03.jpglutfi03let me help you. god i wish i could touch these. they were very tantalizinghttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lutfi05.jpglutfi05offering the silver hand, 2008, 19 synthetic resin hands, silver paint and texthttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lutfi06.jpglutfi06formation, ladies. whether geese flying south for the winter or an f-4 phantom jet formation, these busts mean business. i love that lutfi has taken these found objects and made them her own, or 're-contextualized them' (for the art-school snobs). let me side-track here, i've said it before and i'll say it again: i'm not too keen on any sort jargon, meant for only a few. i believe in sticking to the vernacular, and when someone starts to use words like 'juxtaposition' and 'manipulation', i just want to vomithttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lutfi02.jpglutfi02i love the repetition here. it's a recurring aspect of lutfi's work, an aspect i find quite mesmerizing, just like the belly dancer in this paintinghttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lutfi04.jpglutfi04it's interested to me how the gesture has totally different meaning when facing outwards (resigned, tired, dead) than inwards (impatient, anticipating, alive). i have a love affair with hands, so you can imagine my delight at seeing and interacting with this installation2025-05-06T15:41:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/01/26/gallery-tilalstories-of-evessix-eves-play-hide-and-go-seek/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hiding-scared.jpghiding scaredi'd be frightened toohttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/peekaboo.jpgpeekabooi see youhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hiding-two.jpghiding twotwo eves hiding and scaredhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hide-and-seek-with-dog.jpghide and seek with dogsix eves play hide-and-go-seek, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 150cm x 90cm2025-05-06T15:41:40+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/02/11/gallery-tilalstories-of-eveseve-shreds-the-note/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/uneasy-eve.jpguneasy evei want a tiarahttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/eve-j-lo.jpgeve j-loa bit of j-lo action here, or as my friend more correctly put it, 'very freddy mercury'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/eves-shredded-note.jpgeve's shredded notei like the way the shredded paper looks like shards of glasshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/eve-shreds-a-note.jpgeve shreds a notei finished this painting earlier today. sorry about the quality of this photo, i'm getting these photographed professionally in a couple of days and will post the whole collection, 'stories of eves' then2025-05-06T15:41:40+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/02/13/four-psychedelic-eves-complete/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dream.jpgdreama long time ago, i had surgery on my shoulder. a couple of days before, i had a dream that no one came to visit me except for my paintings, which was both sad and scary. kind of like thishttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/soldiers.jpgsoldiersmy soldier-girlshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/accidental-face.jpgaccidental facei wasn't too crazy about his painting (as i feel about most of my paintings in their earlier stages), but after a series of accidental strokes, i fell in love with herhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/puritan-eve.jpgpuritan evei'm tentatively calling this one the puritan eve, for obvious reasons. but who knows what lies under that austere, prudish shell?https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/floral-eve.jpgfloral evethis one is kind of harsh. i imagine her to be the oldest of the fourhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/side-by-side-eves.jpgside by side evesi don't know if you remember, but i said i would do two more of these psychedelicky eves and i just finished them last night. i'm sure they will look a lot more formidable with a less cluttered background (ie. in the gallery)! this morning, these four paintings were like large, flat building blocks. the high-contrast, colorful rays lend themselves to being re-formatted and re-interpreted. as always, fun!2025-05-06T15:41:40+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/02/20/good-bye-for-now/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/snake1.jpgsnakethe smaller paintings i carried in my car to save time. they look quite reptilianhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/painting-sides.jpgpainting sidesi like the sides of my works to be painted, it's just neater. but i was kicking myself in the bum for not doing it immediately after completing the paintings. it was messy, cramped and quite menialhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/good-bye-stached-bride.jpggood-bye, stached bridei said farewell to my twenty-four paintings today. i don't know how i feel. i'm a little sad, and the whole thing feels very anti-climactic. there's a whole month left until the opening of my exhibition, so it feels like i'm missing the excitement i usually feel right before opening night2025-05-06T15:41:40+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/02/21/exhibition-5020-part-iithe-sultan-gallery/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tired01.jpgtired01spooky and quite surrealhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tired.jpgtireda still from mousaed khaled's short 2008 film, 'tired'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/plexiglassed-camel-jokers.jpgplexiglassed camel jokersthe two camel-jokers in plexiglass. 'jaikar' and the slightly less superior 'maikar'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/card-close-up.jpgcard close-upthis is a close-up of one of the giant cards (which are encased in very retro, round-cornered frames)https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/janjiffa.jpgjanjiffaaseel and abrar's version of playing cards is dedicated to kuwait's historical figures and celebrities. i really liked these cards, especially that they come in little compartmentalized boxes like thishttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/janjiffa-display.jpgjanjiffa displayaseel alyaqoub & abrar almusallam, el jenjiffa, 2011https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/kandari.jpgkandarikandiri! one of the photos on the blackberry screenhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/giant-blackberry.jpggiant blackberrynanu al-hamad, 6alqat and bb bins, 2011: i'm not a luddite but a lazy-ass when it comes to modern technology. i'm not bb-savvy enough to fully 'get' and appreciate this workhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/lewis.jpglewisgeorge lewis, universal interest, 2011: two cheeky women and a man in a bathing suit. i really like this photograph. shows off our arab women's cheek!https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/modeen.jpgmodeenthese are lazer-cut images of actual kuwaiti dunes. see the asterisk above (in the main text) to see better photos of this work2025-05-06T15:41:40+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/01/15/gallery-tilalstories-of-evesa-moment-right-before-the-third-holocaust/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/before-the-holocaust.jpgbefore the holocausta moment right before the third holocaust, 2011, acrylic and collage on canvas, 100cm x 100cm2025-05-06T15:41:39+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/01/16/struggle-in-the-studioghadah-vs-eve/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/a08.jpgup to herecounting to 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legstwo hands and six legshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/my-first-favorite-painting-of-the-show.jpgmy first favorite painting of the showthis is the first painting that caught my eye in the gallery. maybe it was because i was giving fatima a big hug when i spotted it, or maybe because it just tugged at my heart. it was the first of many favorites. photos don't make fatima's work justice because it is so, so visually tactile. delicious2025-05-06T15:41:39+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/01/23/gallery-tilalstories-of-eveseve-in-a-pretty-yellow-dress/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/the-makeshift-store-room.jpgthe makeshift store roomthe fitting roomhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/eves-pretty-face.jpgeve's pretty faceyour pretty facehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/eve-in-a-pretty-yellow-dress.jpgeve in a pretty yellow dressa bit of 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I'll need to get that remedied.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/runtil50.jpgruntil50Mona and Aseel.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/runtil45.jpgruntil45Beautiful women, even when their eyes are closed.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/runtil42.jpgruntil42One of my best friends is photographed by another. This is Sarah and her artist husband Matt.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/runtil41.jpgruntil41My son Khaled, my brother Mohammed and my daughter Zainab. Love, love and love.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/runtil40.jpgruntil40The very special Deema Al-Ghunaim. Deema was a great support and actually kickstarted the initial phase of the polyhedron display. 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In the background is artist Suhaila Al-Najdi.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/runtil34.jpgruntil34Zahra Al-Mahdi, aka Zouz the Bird. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/runtil33.jpgruntil332021-03-25T18:15:34+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/07/28/airplane-timelines-flight-me403-kuwait-to-beirut-july-26-2015/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_5254.jpgIMG_5254eve enjoys the lebanese treetops. it's midday now. we'll probably go out soon. i'm ready for the city, so hope to go back down to beirut tomorrowhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_5238.jpgIMG_5238everything's a 'ball' according to him. even i am a 'ball'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_5233.jpgIMG_5233like this guy. a lovely start to the day with this baby khttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_5227.jpgIMG_5227i could just eat him 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up2021-03-25T18:13:58+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/12/26/dawn-of-the-peri-menopause-return-of-the-flu-the-urinary-tract-infection-strikes-back-on-boxing-day/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_2684.jpgIMG_2684us and man with a beardhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/apple-pie.jpgapple pieyummyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/apple-pie-04.jpgapple pie 04and yummyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/apple-pie-02.jpgapple pie 02peace on earth, mofoshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/apple-pie-01.jpgapple pie 01this morning's apple pie. what's underneathhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ace03.jpgace03zainab and her aunty fatenhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ace02.jpgace02omar and khaledhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ace01.jpgace01two thirds of the cousins are reunitedhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/diary-december-26-2014.jpgdiary december 26 2014.2021-03-25T18:12:25+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/12/03/my-nuqat-talk-the-youtube-video-and-what-lead-up-to-it/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bh1.jpgbh1our first rehearsal is pretty rough. it is more about getting to know one another and cookieshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bh11.jpgbh11https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bh17.jpgbh17it starts with a drawing of coursehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bh14.jpgbh14and a call for eves via facebook and instagramhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bh06.jpgbh06amara, who is a tremendous help both off and backstage, installs the metal rodhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bh05.jpgbh05every weekend for three weekends my eves lift me uphttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bh02.jpgbh02sorting them out by sight at first. it doesn't work out so we sort by heighthttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bh08.jpgbh08finally i get to see the stage, which is a lot smaller than i had anticipated. my heart plummetshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bh13.jpgbh13yousef's cue information. i must admit, it didn't all go to plan. but i still stick to my systemhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bh12.jpgbh12final dress rehearsal2021-03-25T18:10:24+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2020/10/17/dont-forget-but-forget-about/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/diary-feature.jpgdiary feature2020-10-17T17:34:09+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2019/09/17/in-triplicate-the-creation-of-unoriginal-artwork-93/2020-10-15T17:38:28+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2020/10/15/let-me-continue/2020-10-15T17:35:29+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2019/10/02/hurricane-pm-the-gush/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/fullsizerender-1.jpgFullSizeRender (1)2019-10-02T08:26:00+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2019/03/25/airplane-timelines-kuwait-to-beirut-some-highlights-and-back/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/beirut-44.jpgbeirut 44March 14 I fly home to a monochromatic Kuwait. But I miss it when I leave and it's always good to be back.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/beirut-51.jpegbeirut 51March 8. This is where I live in my dream world. Laura's place is next door. I borrow sugar and eggs from her all the time, the sugar brown and the eggs free-range.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/beirut-50.jpegbeirut 50March 9, party time! We begin our night at Mirzam, then Metro El Madina...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/beirut-feature.jpgbeirut featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/beirut-31.jpgbeirut 31...and cap it off with kanafeh sandwiches. I regret not tasting the thing.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/beirut-30.jpgbeirut 30March 9, I'm already a little tired of Beirut and need to reconnect with who I am, so I paint rainbow squiggles on my right leg.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/beirut-22.jpgbeirut 22Me in two mirrors, four arms.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/beirut-21.jpgbeirut 21March 8 I visit Tarek Moukaddem at his loft/studio.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/beirut-19.jpgbeirut 19Later on I meet Laura for lunch.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/beirut-18.jpgbeirut 18Bosom buddies.2019-03-25T18:20:00+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2019/02/24/never-nothing/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/today-20.jpgtoday 20This morning I took Khaldoun and Tareq, Jamie and her daughters Safyre and Sabel to the beach. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/today-feature.jpgtoday featureMy grandma's in there somewhere. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/today-17.jpgtoday 17https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/today-16.jpgtoday 16https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/today-15.jpgtoday 15Sometimes I wish i could shrink a little.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/file-2-24-19-4-23-26-pm.jpegFile 2-24-19, 4 23 26 PMhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/today-14.jpgtoday 14Is the park trying to tell me something?https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/today-13.jpgtoday 13https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/today-12.jpgtoday 12https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/today-11.jpgtoday 11I love the color of moss. I looked at these and pretended they were giant cliffs forming parts of the coast of England.2019-02-24T18:18:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2019/02/20/i-heart-love/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/diary-months-of-may-february-20-2019.jpgdiary months of may february 20 2019https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/diary-j.jpgdiary j2019-02-20T19:07:02+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2019/02/20/two-new-paintings-silence-of-noise-the-hardness-and-softness-of-sex/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hasos-and-son.jpghasos and sonThe two go together I think. But they also stand strongly apart.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/son05.jpgson05I started the black and white face weeks before adding the colored one. I had something else in mind, but things rarely go as planned with me.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/son04.jpgson04With Eve and me.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/son-02.jpgson 02In my room with a couple of cushions by Zeri Crafts.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/son-01.jpgson 01I called it 'Silence of Noise', but in reality it felt more like Silence VS Noise. I was avoiding checking my messages because of one I knew would come but which I didn't want to deal with. So the night I painted this I asked myself the question: do I want silence tonight or noise? I opted for the former so decided to hold off checking my messages.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/silence-of-noise.jpgsilence of noiseSilence of Noise, 2019, acrylic and oil pastels on canvas, 100 x 120 cmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/the-hardness-and-softness-of-sex.jpgthe hardness and softness of sexThe Hardness (and Softness) of Sex, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 110 x 100 cmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sahos.jpgsahoshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sahos-01.jpgsahos 01...and I dance with her.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hasos-05.jpghasos 05She dances with me...2021-04-24T20:53:38+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2018/12/23/new-painting-its-you-not-me/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/its-you-not-me.jpgit's you not meit's you, not me, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 120 x 70 cmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/its-you-not-me-wrapped.jpgit's you not me wrappedReady to be delivered to Dar Nur.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/its-you-not-me-feature.jpgit's you not me featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/its-you-not-me-06.jpgit's you not me 06It always starts with color-blocking. I've felt this blah and uninspired about creating. But sometimes life sends a catalyst your way.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/its-you-not-me-04.jpgit's you not me 04Still not inspired. I need to travel soon.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/its-you-not-me-02.jpgit's you not me 02Finally something. But to be honest, I need something new.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/its-you-not-me-01.jpgit's you not me 01And done. I decided that Eve will grow old with me. And also, how about this streak in my hair? I usually part my hair right to left, so was surprised at how cool the other side looked! I decided to give her a similar stripe.2018-12-31T03:03:23+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/01/31/airplane-timelines-flight-ba157-from-london-to-kuwait-uk-part-iii/2018-11-20T06:19:25+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/11/12/uk-days-part-three/2018-11-20T06:13:59+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/11/20/airplane-timelinesuk-days-part-five-beirut-london-kuwait/2018-11-20T06:12:26+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/07/01/uk-days-the-most-wonderful-trip/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_3142.pngIMG_3142https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_3144.pngIMG_3144june 27 } wedding day. here, old friends and new. from left to right: razan, sarah, matt (the groom), wassan in the back and waleed gumaa, who was kind enough to allow me to use this and the next two photoshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_3143.pngIMG_3143the girls (and honorary girl waleed gumaa)https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/huk22.jpghuk22afterwards we took the tube to fitzrovia for a couple of gallery openings. here i am at kashya hildebrande with anna and her island-inspired headdresshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/huk21.jpghuk21heart the shoes, nazhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/huk20.jpghuk20bubble gum formations, a demarcation and two poppieshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/huk10.jpghuk10to be surrounded by nature and plastichttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/huk09.jpghuk09shoe convoshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/huk08.jpghuk08later on i met my brother tareq at his office for a liquid lunchhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/huk07.jpghuk07for the wedding2018-11-20T06:08:40+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2018/09/01/new-painting-not-titled-yet/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/aa12.jpgaa12Thinking, thinking...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/aa11.jpgaa11...thinking, thinking...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/aa09.jpgaa09...thinking, thinking...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/aa07.jpgaa07https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/aa06.jpgaa06I started this painting directly after my return from Beirut August 20. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, and it was difficult getting it started...and ending it. It was a pain and I'm glad I'm done with it.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/aa05.jpgaa05https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/aa04.jpgaa04https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/aa03.jpgaa03https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/aa02.jpgaa02And with Tuna xhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/aa01.jpgaa01Posing alone with my acupuncture-inspired paintings.2021-02-10T20:14:50+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2018/10/27/hurricane-pm-my-life-from-october-to-october-exhibition-opening/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/file-10-27-18-6-00-08-pm.jpegFile 10-27-18, 6 00 08 PMhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/file-10-27-18-6-15-46-pm.jpegFile 10-27-18, 6 15 46 PMLittle Hilal, ever so dapper! Photo by Noor Alzabin.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/exhibition-feature.jpgexhibition featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_6912.jpgIMG_6912https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_6094.jpgIMG_6094I asked guests to come in red and many did. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_6092.jpgIMG_6092My sister (in red pants).https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRenderAzza and Aiman.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fullsizerender-1.jpgFullSizeRender (1)I love that people made do with whatever red they owned in their closets! https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/file-10-26-18-5-09-16-pm.jpegFile 10-26-18, 5 09 16 PMAyesha's killer shoes.2018-11-05T08:39:09+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2018/09/05/new-painting-fatimas-needles-i/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_8952.jpgimg_8952https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_5230.jpgimg_5230https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_5233.jpgimg_5233https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_5443.jpgimg_5443https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_5226.jpgimg_5226https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_5363.jpgimg_5363https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_5840.jpgimg_5840https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_5808-1.jpgimg_5808-1https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_5807.jpgimg_5807https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_5821.jpgimg_58212018-11-05T08:38:36+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2018/11/05/bed/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/bed.jpgBedBed, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 170 x 240 cmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/bed-feature.jpgbed featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/bed-10.jpgbed 10Hoot hoot.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/bed-09.jpgbed 09Bed at Dar Al Funoon.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/bed-07.jpgbed 07Him and me. Or how I imagined it would be or was.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/bed-06.jpgbed 06https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/bed-05.jpgbed 05We're all connected.2020-10-15T16:34:07+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2018/08/31/in-triplicate-the-creation-of-unoriginal-artwork-91/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/it-color.jpgit color...and then a face to go with it.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/it-peep-show.jpgit peep showFirst there was an eye...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/it91c.jpgIT91cNumber 91 } In Triplicate } This is just half a face because I forgot to add a carbon sheet at the bottom. I've done this mistake before.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/it91b.jpgIT91bNumber 91 } In Duplicatehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/it91.jpgIT91Number 91 } Originalhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/it-negative.jpgit negativeThe end.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/it-feature.jpgit feature2018-09-01T11:56:05+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2018/07/12/red-red-yarn/2020-11-26T20:07:10+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2018/05/15/airplane-timelines-kuwait-to-philly-via-london/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/020e5b10-f167-46bb-80e0-3857c44b0a99.jpeg020E5B10-F167-46BB-80E0-3857C44B0A99Living with boys. 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featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/gm15.jpggm15https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/gm11.jpggm11https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/gm10.jpggm10My painting at Dar Nur, here with a matching Bokja chair and beautiful Syrian chest and armoire.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/gm09.jpggm09https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/gm07.jpggm07https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/gm01.jpggm01https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/gossip-mongers1.jpggossip mongersThe Gossip Mongers, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 180 x 240 cmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/gm16.jpggm16https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/gm14.jpggm142018-06-04T19:20:14+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2018/05/02/four-sketches-on-the-second-day-of-may/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sketchbook-5-2-2018-01.jpgsketchbook 5 2 2018 01Pest.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sketch-may-2-2018-feature.jpgsketch may 2 2018 featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sketch-5-2-2018-04.jpgsketch 5 2 2018 04Hollow.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sketch-5-2-2018-02.jpgsketch 5 2 2018 02Wedding.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/may-5-2-2018-03.jpgmay 5 2 2018 03Traffic.2018-05-02T15:15:30+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2018/04/27/bald-woman/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/bald-woman-07.jpgbald woman 07https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/bald-woman-05.jpgbald woman 05Just call me 'maybe the queen of contraptions'.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/bald-woman.jpgbald womanBald Womanhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/bald-woman-feature.jpgbald woman featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/bald-woman-03.jpgbald woman 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company of her new friends.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fg30.jpgfg30https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fg25.jpgfg25https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fg22.jpgfg22https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fg21.jpgfg21https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fg19.jpgfg19https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fg16.jpgfg16https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fg15.jpgfg152018-03-05T05:29:04+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2018/01/04/in-triplicate-the-creation-of-unoriginal-artwork-88-and-89/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/diptrip07.jpgdiptrip07Yousef, just now she's reminding me a little of you.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/diptrip06.jpgdiptrip06A Face on January 3 } In triplicate. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/diptrip-energizer.jpgdiptrip energizerhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/diptrip05.jpgdiptrip05A Face on January 3 } In duplicate.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/diptrip04.jpgdiptrip04A Face on January 3 } The original.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/diptrip03.jpgdiptrip03The Embrace } In triplicate.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/diptrip02.jpgdiptrip02The Embrace } In duplicate.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/diptrip01.jpgdiptrip01The Embrace } Originalhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/diptrip-feature.jpgdiptrip featureI'm a huge hugger, and right now I can do with his embrace.2018-01-05T10:22:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/12/16/v-is-for-venus/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/venus-feature.jpgvenus featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/venus-02.jpgvenus 02Light, dark and colored.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/venus-01.jpgvenus 01Two notebooks.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/v-is-for-venus.jpgv is for venusV is for Venus.2017-12-16T18:11:32+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/12/10/she-is-she-is/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/she-is-she-is.jpgshe is she isShe is, she is.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/she-is-she-is-02.jpgshe is she is 02Sometimes it's her, and sometimes it's her.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/she-is-she-is-01.jpgshe is she is 012017-12-14T09:15:38+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/09/16/this-london-trip-arrival-day/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3979.jpgimg_3979https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3966.jpgimg_3966https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3970.jpgimg_3970https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3969.jpgimg_3969https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3973.jpgimg_3973https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3972.jpgimg_3972https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3974.jpgimg_3974https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3971.jpgimg_3971https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3921.jpgimg_39212017-12-07T18:36:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/09/17/this-london-trip-day-one/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4160.jpgimg_4160https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4163.jpgimg_4163https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4164.jpgimg_4164https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4157.jpgimg_4157https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3983.jpgimg_3983https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3981.jpgimg_3981https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4161.jpgimg_41612017-12-07T18:36:18+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/09/18/this-london-trip-days-two-and-three/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4168.jpgimg_4168https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4177.jpgimg_4177https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4215.jpgimg_4215https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4211.jpgimg_4211https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4213.jpgimg_4213https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4176.jpgimg_4176https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4175.jpgimg_4175https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4174.jpgimg_4174https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4172.jpgimg_4172https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4171.jpgimg_41712017-12-07T18:35:26+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/09/21/this-london-trip-days-four-and-five/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4289.jpgimg_4289https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4296.jpgimg_4296https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4295.jpgimg_4295https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4291.jpgimg_4291https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4285.jpgimg_4285https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4279.jpgimg_4279https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4280.jpgimg_4280https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4272.jpgimg_4272https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4273.jpgimg_4273https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4264.jpgimg_42642017-12-07T18:34:27+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/09/25/this-london-trip-week-two/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4590.jpgimg_4590https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4471.jpgimg_4471https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4464.jpgimg_4464https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4446.jpgimg_4446https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4448.jpgimg_4448https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4593.jpgimg_4593https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4594.jpgimg_4594https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4430.jpgimg_4430https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4434.jpgimg_4434https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4435.jpgimg_44352017-12-07T18:33:42+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/09/29/this-london-trip-gotta-pick-a-pocket-or-two/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4736.jpgimg_4736https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4717.jpgimg_4717https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4713.jpgimg_4713https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4667.jpgimg_4667https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4656.jpgimg_4656https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4660.jpgimg_4660https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4655.jpgimg_4655https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4652.jpgimg_4652https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4649.jpgimg_46492017-12-07T18:32:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/12/07/three-faces-in-december/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/3-faces-05.jpg3 faces 05https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/december-6-face.jpgdecember 6 faceFace 3https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/december-4-face-02.jpgdecember 4 face 02Face 2https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/december-4-face-01.jpgdecember 4 face 01Face 1https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/3-faces-feature1.jpg3 faces featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/3-faces-feature.jpg3 faces featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/3-faces-13.jpg3 faces 13https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/3-faces-12.jpg3 faces 12https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/3-faces-11.jpg3 faces 11https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/3-faces-10.jpg3 faces 102017-12-08T05:53:17+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/11/25/manifesto-13-schoolbook-the-high-carb-sisters/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/manifesto-double-02.jpgmanifesto double 02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/manifesto-double-01.jpgmanifesto double 01The High-Carb Sistershttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/man-doub-02.jpegman doub 02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/man-doub-01.jpegman doub 01https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/file-11-25-17-7-53-49-pm.jpegFile 11-25-17, 7 53 49 PMhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/file-11-25-17-7-52-49-pm.jpegFile 11-25-17, 7 52 49 PMhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/file-11-25-17-7-52-27-pm.jpegFile 11-25-17, 7 52 27 PMhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/file-11-25-17-7-51-43-pm.jpegFile 11-25-17, 7 51 43 PMhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/file-11-25-17-7-47-50-pm.jpegFile 11-25-17, 7 47 50 PMhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/file-11-25-17-7-47-09-pm.jpegFile 11-25-17, 7 47 09 PM2017-11-27T12:54:44+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/11/19/day-50/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/craft-face-23.jpgcraft face 23https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/craft-face-21.jpgcraft face 21https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/day-50-40.jpgday 50 40The one who smiled. Because it was October 5.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/day-50-31.jpgday 50 31I started these faces around the same time my anxiety began, in early October.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/day-50-30.jpgday 50 30https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/day-50-20.jpgday 50 20https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/day-50-19.jpgday 50 19https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/day-50-04.jpgday 50 04I'm trying so hard to be positive. It doesn't come naturally to me and I get so sick of it. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/day-50-03.jpgday 50 03Back when I was in London. I'm better now and I think I'm going to be OK. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/day-50-01.jpgday 50 01This can't be forever.2017-11-21T06:18:13+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/09/13/new-painting-the-other-g/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/theotherg06.jpgtheotherg06https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/theotherg03.jpgtheotherg03https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/theotherg02.jpgtheotherg02This is the post, photographed by my very patient and very helpful sister Yasmine.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/theotherg01.jpgtheotherg01She, I, it, we will be picked up and taken to Dar Nur later on this afternoon. I want people to go and visit her, me, it, us. I hope they do.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/theotherg-feature.jpgtheotherg featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/the-other-g.jpgThe Other GThe Other G, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 234 x 150 cm2017-09-13T08:53:21+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/08/30/metal-heart-rainbow-tears/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/40-e1504085390397.jpgrainbow tearsMetal Heart, Rainbow Tearshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/metal-heart-rainbow-tears.jpegmetal heart rainbow tearsDo these tears help me blend?https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/metal-heart-rainbow-tears-feature.jpegmetal heart rainbow tears feature2017-08-31T17:28:35+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/08/24/new-watercolor-painting-rainbow-womanthe-psychology-of-rainbows/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/rainbow-woman.jpgrainbow womanRainbow Womanhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/rf04.jpgrf04Color makes me happy.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/rf03.jpgrf03I thought: if I'm going retro, I may as well wear this top I bought way back in the 90s.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/rf02.jpgrf02Black and white too. I love this photo because, weirdly, it's so cool that my right leg is cut off like that. Speaking of cut, no I haven't had a haircut; I just never untucked my hair after putting the shirt on. And it worked.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/rf01.jpgrf01I wanted to cover all my shelves with rainbow polyhedra but I just don't have enough. Oh, and those rainbow 'notebooks' stacked like that...I wrapped some DVDs in rainbow-colored printer paper.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/rf-feature.jpgrf feature2017-08-24T16:22:08+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/08/10/airplane-timelines-kuwait-to-beirut-beirut-to-kuwait-and-all-in-between/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/leb72.jpgleb72A day at Bamboo Bay Beach with the boys...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/leb70.jpgleb70...and the girls.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/leb69.jpgleb69Khaldoun and Tareq Jr. on a staircase which appeared that morning!https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/leb68.jpgleb68Little T and Uncle Medi.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/leb66.jpgleb66The Traveling Tap.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/leb65.jpgleb65Yousef photographs the Tap from behind. He's become quite a photography buff.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/leb64.jpgleb64Khaldoun, some dragons and an octopus.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/leb63.jpgleb63A family lunch up at my parents' Samqaniyeh house. Here I am with my daughter, mom and dad.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/leb61.jpgleb61Before the big night I have a little quiet time in the garden with Eve.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/leb60.jpgleb60Here she soaks in the earth under Khaldouni's Willow.2017-08-11T16:47:36+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/05/04/neither-here-nor-theredar-al-funoon-may-2-may-19/2017-07-21T10:21:20+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/07/21/impossible-cage/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ic-01.jpegic 01https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/impossible-cage.jpgimpossible cageImpossible Cage, 2017, colored pencil and ballpoint pen on cardboard, 17 x 17cmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/impossible-cage-01.jpgimpossible cage 01I really liked this stage of the drawing; it's avoided the desktop trash bin.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ic-03.jpgic 03RSTLNE. I've been hooked on the Wheel of Fortune app on my phone, and my desktop reminded me of it last night.2017-09-04T23:51:35+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/07/14/cardboard-drawings-siren-under-your-bed/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cb15.jpgcb15The girls get together. Also, there's a peony.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cb04.jpgcb04...and a smaller one just for fun. Girl and Her Busthttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cb02.jpgcb02We can be Heroes just for one second.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cb01.jpgcb01Everyone wants to be Ziggy.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cb-feature.jpgcb featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/siren-under-your-bed.jpgsiren under your bedThe Siren Under Your Bedhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/girl-and-bust.jpggirl and bustGirl and Her Bust, 10 x 10 cm2017-07-17T05:28:11+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/07/01/a-few-june-days-in-london/2017-07-12T12:03:29+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/07/07/cardboard-faces-and-one/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/for-cardboard.jpgfor cardboardGet-together.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cardboard-face-feature.jpgcardboard face featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/scan-play-04.jpgscan play 04I played around with some scans and came up with these. Fun, diverting.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/scan-play-03.jpgscan play 03https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/scan-play-02.jpgscan play 02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/scan-play-01.jpgscan play 01I played around with some scans and came up with these. Fun, diverting.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/scan-glitch-02.jpgscan glitch 02Scanner glitches are cool too.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/scan-glitch-01.jpgscan glitch 01https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cardboard-face-final-03.jpgcardboard face final 03#52017-07-07T12:09:03+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/05/27/corrugated-girls/2017-07-07T12:07:05+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/06/29/cardboard-drawings-four-for-today/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cardboard-feature.jpgcardboard featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cardboard-11.jpgcardboard 11These four pieces are pretty versatile, I like the mix and match quality, kind of like creating a quilt. I'm not sure how I'll frame them yet, but I'm in no hurry and still have many more cardboard squares to enjoy.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cardboard-10.jpgcardboard 10https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cardboard-09.jpgcardboard 09https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cardboard-06.jpgcardboard 06https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cardboard-07.jpgcardboard 07https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cardboard-04.jpgcardboard 04#4https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cardboard-03.jpgcardboard 03#2https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cardboard-02.jpgcardboard 02#1https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cardboard-01.jpgcardboard 01#32017-06-29T17:25:22+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/06/20/new-painting-she-wore-sylvette/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sylvette-feature.jpgsylvette featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sylvette-05.jpgsylvette 05All wrapped up and ready to go.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sylvette-03.jpgsylvette 03I painted it over an earlier painting I knew was going nowhere.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sylvette-02.jpgsylvette 02Yesterday.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sylvette-01.jpgsylvette 01Ring sisters.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/she-wore-sylvette.jpgShe Wore SylvetteShe Wore Sylvette, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 91 x 122 cmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ghadah-by-yousef.jpgghadah by yousefMy son Yousef took this picture while I was taking a photo using my self-timer app. It's really rare that I'm photographed by someone else. It tends to be me photographing others. But I love this shot and I love that my son captured this moment.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/g-by-y.jpgg by y2017-06-20T21:39:29+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/06/17/ego-of-eve/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bhe20.jpgbhe20Big Eve, middle Eve (who has stolen the blue balloon).https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bhe17.jpgbhe17Where is her blue balloon?https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bhe15.jpgbhe15She's heavier than I'd hoped. But very well padded.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bhe14.jpgbhe14Eviscerated. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bhe13.jpgbhe13A little perspective.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bhe12.jpgbhe12She started (sort of) coming together.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bhe11.jpgbhe11https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bhe10.jpgbhe10Angry.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bhe09.jpgbhe09Scary.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bhe08.jpgbhe08Pretty.2017-06-21T06:04:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/06/13/22756/2017-06-13T15:09:22+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/06/11/61117/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/watercolor-glitch.jpgwatercolor glitchMy scanner is wonky and sometimes that works.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/watercolor-6-11-17.jpgwatercolor 6 11 17I like days that make mathematical sense, like today: 6+11=17.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/watercolor-6-11-17-02.jpgwatercolor 6 11 17 02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/watercolor-6-11-17-01.jpgwatercolor 6 11 17 01Apparatus.2017-06-11T11:08:01+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/11/27/new-painting-complete-sisters-we/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sisterswe02.jpgsisterswe02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sisterswe.jpgsisterswe2017-06-09T11:14:54+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/04/09/new-painting-the-great-escape/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/great-escape.jpggreat escapeThe Great Escape, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 120 cmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/great-escape-05.jpggreat escape 05https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/great-escape-04.jpggreat escape 04https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/great-escape-03.jpggreat escape 03Minor annoyances.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/great-escape-02.jpggreat escape 02Sometimes my paintings are good for something.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/great-escape-01.jpggreat escape 012017-06-09T10:26:36+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/05/25/khaled-me-and-the-deena-machina/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dkg-feature.jpgdkg featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dkg031.jpgdkg03This octopus/squid hybrid was created by Khaled following Deena's movements and vice versa.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dkg02.jpgdkg02We play with shadows.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dkg01.jpgdkg01Catface.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dkg07.jpgdkg07The effervescent Deena Machina.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dkg06.jpgdkg06An explosive galaxy called Deena.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dkg04.jpgdkg04Toads don't ribbit.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dkg03.jpgdkg032017-05-27T20:08:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/05/21/yesterdays-news-today/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/diary-feature.jpegdiary featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/diary-03.jpegdiary 03Oiling the old cogs. I like to change locations sometimes.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/diary-01.jpegdiary 01Reams and reams.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/diary-may-20-2017.jpgdiary may 20 2017May 20, 20172017-05-23T16:34:08+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/05/19/a-month-with-a-stranger/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/rn55.jpgrn55Pages 60 and 61https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/rn53.jpgrn53Pages 58 and 59https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/rn51.jpgrn51Pages 56 and 57https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/rn50.jpgrn50Pages 54 and 55https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/rn42.jpgrn42Pages 52 and 53https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/rn41.jpgrn41Pages 50 and 51https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/rn40.jpgrn40Pages 48 and 49https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/rn33.jpgrn33Pages 46 and 47https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/rn31.jpgrn31Pages 44 and 45https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/rn30.jpgrn30Pages 42 and 432017-05-21T08:11:21+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/07/19/my-green-stone-sketchbook-the-first-seventeen-pages/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/g-and-s-29.jpgg and s 29page 9https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/g-and-s-60.jpgg and s 60page 17https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/g-and-stone-05.jpgg and stone 05page 3https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/g-and-s-photo.jpgg and s photosometimes they roll themselves over for a meet and greethttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/g-and-s-feature.jpgg and s featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/g-and-s-40.jpgg and s 40page 15https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/g-and-s-30.jpgg and s 30page 16https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/g-and-s-20.jpgg and s 20page 14https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/g-and-s-19.jpgg and s 19page 13https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/g-and-s-18.jpgg and s 18page 122017-05-12T14:32:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/05/12/yellow-and-blue/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/y-and-b-feature.jpgy and b featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/y-and-b-02.jpgy and b 02Suction, please.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/y-and-b-01.jpgy and b 01Wet.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/b-and-y-04.jpgb and y 04All marbles in place.2017-05-12T14:21:59+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/04/29/fire-ice-wind-and-twine/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/f-and-a-03.jpgf and a 03https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/f-and-a-02.jpgf and a 02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/f-and-a-01.jpgf and a 01Nice, dry and blue.2017-04-29T19:42:02+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/10/23/new-painting-the-eves-and-thilo/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/tate-61.pngtate-61Finally, a picture that sums up the afternoon. A happy day indeed.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/tate53.jpgtate53https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/tate51.jpgtate51https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/tate50.jpgtate50https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/tate23.jpgtate23Folkyflo Eve joins us for this rather dignified photograph.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/tate22.jpgtate22My Eves are magestic...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/tate60.jpgtate60Speaking of majesty...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/tate20.jpgtate20Eves converse.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/tate02.jpgtate02I didn't want to give away the painting before it was done, but I had gone out on a date, I liked my hair and I looked kick ass, so naturally...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/tate01.jpgtate012019-02-22T21:53:46+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/04/26/airplane-timelines-to-london-and-back/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/lon11.jpglon11Laura looking radiant.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/lon09.jpglon09Me and Laura.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/lon02.jpglon02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/lon01.jpglon01https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/lon-feature.jpglon featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/lon-2017.jpglon 2017https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/lon-2017-04.jpglon 2017 04https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/lon-2017-03.jpglon 2017 03https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/lon-2017-02.jpglon 2017 02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/lon-102.jpglon 102After James.2017-04-26T18:25:01+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/04/07/new-watercolor-april-five-face/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/april-5-feature.jpgapril 5 featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wa5.jpgwa5Before the veil.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wa5-02.jpgwa5 02Oneness soap sack, 8 of clubs, keys and a judging face.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/watercolor-face-april-5.jpgwatercolor face april 5New watercolor } April Five Face2017-04-07T16:11:11+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/04/03/until-love-four-hundred-and-seventy-five/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/diary-april-3-2017.jpgdiary april 3 2017.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ulove10.jpgulove10I like my feet.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ulove08.jpgulove08Setting up.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ulove07.jpgulove07Yesterday in my bedroom.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ulove06.jpgulove06Imagine waking up to this.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ulove04.jpgulove04Cleaning up.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ulove03.jpgulove03Hovering balls.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ulove02.jpgulove02Assessing the damage. Mold, asbestos and icosahedrons.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ulove01.jpgulove01I have over 475 of these now. I'm not counting the ones that I've gifted over the past two years, so I think I've made a little over 500 so far. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/diary-feature.jpgdiary feature2017-04-03T13:49:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/03/23/storybook-drawing-where-theres-a-bear-theres-a-boy/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bear-boy-feature-03.jpgbear boy feature 03Me, a bear and a boy.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/where-theres-a-bear-theres-a-boy.jpgwhere theres a bear theres a boyWhere There's a Bear, There's a Boy, 2017, ink on paper, 30 x 40 cmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bear-boy-feature.jpgbear boy featureIn progress.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bear-boy-feature-02.jpgbear boy feature 02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bear-and-boy-final.jpgbear and boy final2017-04-29T22:28:04+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/03/07/international-womens-day-with-dj-maha-mai-and-me/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/mmm-feature.jpgmmm featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/file-3-7-17-9-22-07-pm.jpegFile 3-7-17, 9 22 07 PMMai and I look like seasoned pros. I'm a little under the weather here, but was jacked up by the mere presence of my dear friend Mai and the wonderful DJ Maha.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/file-3-7-17-9-21-49-pm.jpegFile 3-7-17, 9 21 49 PMMy notes are not as pretty as Mai's. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/file-3-7-17-9-21-39-pm.jpegFile 3-7-17, 9 21 39 PMDJ Maha, who I've always been a huge fan of. What a pleasure to have spent two hours of today with her!https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/file-3-7-17-9-21-04-pm.jpegFile 3-7-17, 9 21 04 PMMai, her notes and the 'couph' button.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/file-3-7-17-9-20-44-pm.jpegFile 3-7-17, 9 20 44 PMYay for us!2017-03-07T18:48:33+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/03/06/the-cabaret/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cab01.jpgcab01https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cab-feature.jpgcab featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/the-cabaret-o1.jpgthe cabaret o1The Cabaret, Act I, Page Ihttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cab-04.jpgcab 04https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cab-03.jpgcab 03https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cab-02.jpgcab 022017-03-06T18:19:04+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/03/05/paul-newman-complete/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/rn-feature.jpgrn-featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/pn05.jpgpn05Me and Paul.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/pn04.jpgpn04I'm going to miss those blue eyes, Mr. Newman.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/pn02.jpgpn02The time it was when I was done, PM.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/pn01.pngpn01Sometime in September 2015. Paul took two days, Rolex two years.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/pn-complete.jpgpn-completePaul Newman, 2015-2017, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 140 cm2017-03-05T08:42:35+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/02/24/the-polys-bid-a-grand-farewell-to-cap/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/poly05.jpgpoly05It was carnage. Many polyhedra fell victims to this experiment, but they survived and will be fixed soon. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/poly02.jpgpoly02Azza and I had to devise a plan for this operation. We did a few test shots of where she should be situated as not to see her head peeping out. I set up the camera on a makeshift tripod (if you look at the ground level you will see that I have a box atop a step ladder atop a table I grabbed from the cafe below). Azza's job was to lie flat on her belly and roll the polyhedra down the escalator. I clicked the record button and ran up another escalator on the other side of the cafe, crawled to where she was and plopped on the ground to help her. We rolled polyhedra down the escalator for around seven minutes.2017-03-02T12:10:01+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/02/08/implode-explode/2017-02-08T10:02:08+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/02/01/three-cardboard-faces/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cbf02.jpgcbf02We belong to religions all or none.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cbf01.jpgcbf01We're misaligned.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cardboard-feature.jpgcardboard-featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cardboard-face-i.jpgcardboard-face-icardboard face III, 2017, mixed media on cardboard, 13 x 13 cmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cardboard-face-03.jpgcardboard-face-03cardboard face I, 2017, mixed media on cardboard, 13 x 13 cmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cardboard-face-02.jpgcardboard-face-02cardboard face II, 2017, mixed media on cardboard, 13 x 13 cm2017-02-01T18:24:21+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/01/26/new-watercolors-face-iii-face-iv/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/face-iii-feature.jpgface-iii-featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/face-iv.jpgface-ivFace IVhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/face-iii.jpgface-iiiFace III2017-01-28T20:42:50+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2017/01/21/two-new-watercolors-face-i-face-ii/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/file-jan-21-8-45-41-pm.jpegfile-jan-21-8-45-41-pmThe headache and the gush.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/file-jan-21-8-07-46-pm.jpegfile-jan-21-8-07-46-pmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/file-jan-21-8-07-04-pm.jpegfile-jan-21-8-07-04-pmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/file-jan-21-8-06-42-pm.jpegfile-jan-21-8-06-42-pmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/faces-feature.jpgfaces-featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/face-02.jpgface-02Face IIhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/face-01.jpgface-01Face I2017-01-21T17:48:22+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/12/08/new-painting-ice-cream-and-a-ladybug/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ladybug12.jpgladybug12I love the blue.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ladybug11.jpgladybug11Sometimes things are clearer upside down.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ladybug10.jpgladybug10https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ladybug09.jpgladybug09https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ladybug08.jpgladybug08https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ladybug07.jpgladybug07https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ladybug06.jpgladybug06Ladybug.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ladybug05.jpgladybug05Ice-Cream.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ladybug04.jpgladybug04If you look at the bottom right hand corner, there are two white spots amid the blue. Those are K's drawings. I left them for two reasons. The first one: I couldn't bare to paint over them, so I worked around them as if they were priceless relics found at an archeological dig.The second reason: he actually identified them as 'ice-cream' and a 'ladybug', something I thought was quite precocious for a two-year-old, as each held a resemblance to its designated identification.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ladybug03.jpgladybug03I liked her with white eyes. Someone commented how the background here looks like a sunset in the distance.2016-12-08T15:11:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/03/18/eve-and-colette-and-lubna-and-yasmine/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/col14.jpgcol14A perfect day.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/col12.jpgcol12Yasmine sharpens a pencil and I survey my lady from a distance.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/col11.jpgcol11The afternoon wasn't planned like this which is the best part about it. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/col08.jpgcol08eve and colette https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/col06.jpgcol06So she gets it. Meanwhile, Lubna is at the table pouring us a mug of her warm homemade apple cider and unpacking some LboJzazz goodies.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/col04.jpgcol04But she says it's very relaxing, as you can see in this photo. I think she may have even fallen asleep at some point.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/col02.jpgcol02I always get nervous painting others, whether I'm painting a portrait of them or painting ON them.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/col01.jpgcol01Day one, frontal Eve, no hair. She didn't really need it. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/500.jpg500Lubna's intricate and impressively controlled penmanship. Hats off, L.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/col05.jpgcol05I feel this Eve needs a head of hair.2016-12-08T14:17:12+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/11/16/nuqat-creative-conference-kuwait-2015/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_1063.jpgIMG_1063last minute recruitee ted beagles discusses hommage in film. very enjoyable and thought-provoking2016-11-28T14:34:20+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/11/25/new-painting-come-in-come-close-come-together/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/file-nov-25-2-58-59-pm.jpegfile-nov-25-2-58-59-pmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/file-nov-25-2-58-14-pm.jpegfile-nov-25-2-58-14-pmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/file-nov-25-2-57-51-pm.jpegfile-nov-25-2-57-51-pmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/file-nov-25-2-57-27-pm.jpegfile-nov-25-2-57-27-pmManicure.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/file-nov-25-2-56-55-pm.jpegfile-nov-25-2-56-55-pmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/file-nov-25-2-12-56-pm1.jpegfile-nov-25-2-12-56-pmToday.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ciccct.jpegcicccthttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/photo-nov-25-12-46-08-pm.jpgphoto-nov-25-12-46-08-pmToday.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/file-nov-25-2-12-56-pm.jpegfile-nov-25-2-12-56-pmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/come-in-come-close-come-together.jpgcome-in-come-close-come-togetherCome in, Come Close, Come Together, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 180 x 240 cm2016-11-25T12:16:22+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/11/23/folkyflo-the-little-eves/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/el101.jpgel101...until the next day. Rough night.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/el71.jpgel71FolkyFlo Eve poses with Little Eve at Dar Nur...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/el69.jpgel69...while the rest are lovingly tagged.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/el68.jpgel68Like Goldilocks, they try the furniture out.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/el67.jpgel67Like Goldilocks, they try the furniture out.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/el66.jpgel66Like Goldilocks, they try the furniture out.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/el65.jpgel65Like Goldilocks, they try the furniture out.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/el63.jpgel63First Little Eve out is this one. Lucky her because I know she's going to a good home.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/el62.jpgel62FolkyFlo Eve with a cushion by artist Nour Flayhan.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/el61.jpgel61Back at mine-OURS-the girls are settled in. Little Eve holds a piece by Kuwaiti artist Aziz Almudhaf, who hosted FolkyFlo Eve for two weeks. He had placed it in her purse. 2016-11-24T08:00:30+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/11/20/watercolor-paintings-tree-woman-01-02/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ec11.jpgec11https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ec09.jpgec09https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ec06.jpgec06Eve and Eve.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ec05.jpgec05Sometimes I need to cover old https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ec04.jpgec04and embarrassing paintings.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ec03.jpgec03Watercolor plays with itself.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tree-woman-02.jpgtree-woman-02Tree Woman 02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ec02.jpgec02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tree-woman-01.jpgtree-woman-01Tree Woman 01https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ec01.jpgec01More tree than human.2016-11-20T19:28:58+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/08/10/your-stories-needed/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/vc04.jpgvc04It wasn't me.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/vc03.jpgvc03Oop. This is what happens when you have massive feet like mine. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/vc02.jpgvc02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/vc01.jpgvc01As well as being the 'soundtrack' for one of the halls at CAP, I'm interested to see if your stories affect my work, display etc. I love involving others in my creative process and who better to include than my world's women and girls.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/vc-feature.jpgvc feature2016-10-13T15:42:56+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/10/07/new-painting-love-that-kills-you/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/photo-oct-01-5-02-55-pm.jpgphoto-oct-01-5-02-55-pmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/photo-oct-01-4-11-27-pm.jpgphoto-oct-01-4-11-27-pmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/photo-sep-30-2-17-04-pm.jpgphoto-sep-30-2-17-04-pmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/altk10.jpgaltk10Hands that wonder, hands that wander.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/altk09.jpgaltk09https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/altk04.jpgaltk04https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/altk03.jpgaltk03As always, me and the girls.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/altk02.jpgaltk02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/altk01.jpgaltk01https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/altk-feature.jpgaltk-feature2016-10-08T09:41:25+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/10/01/new-painting-eves-at-the-forum/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mp412.jpgmp412https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mp50.jpgmp50Lastly, I couldn't resist taking this panoramic shot of my home. This is what happens when I'm done with a painting, particularly if it was a very taxing one: I get a renewed burst of energy for life! https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mp45.jpgmp45https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mp44.jpgmp44https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mp42.jpgmp42https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mp41.jpgmp41https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mp40.jpgmp40Eves at the Forum, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 250 x 150 cmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mp37.jpgmp37Their hands go well with mine.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mp36.jpgmp36This picture makes me laugh now but it couldn't gone terribly awry. I posted it on IG stories but wasn't happy with the fact the bottom of the painting was not parallel to the rug. So, stupid me, I tried adjusting it while still lying down on my back (so arms over my head). All of a sudden I looked up and saw the painting falling down towards me. At the same time I saw, in its path, a ladder and a chair (this all happened in seconds). Somehow I managed to catch the frame part of the canvas with my feet in the most unladylike way imaginable. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mp34.jpgmp34And done.2016-10-01T15:01:20+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/09/30/until-love-three-hundred-and-fifty-three/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ul-feature-02.jpgul-feature-02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ul53503.jpgul53503Eve is content. Why should she not be? She won't be cleaning up tonight.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ul535-01.jpgul535-01In the beginning.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ul353.jpgul353In the end.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ul353-02.jpgul353-02Just another casual Friday in my living room...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ul-feature.jpgul-feature2016-09-30T16:21:23+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/09/23/new-painting-eve-to-eve/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/eve-hanging.jpegeve-hangingEve, Eve and Eve.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/eve-to-eve-feature.jpgeve-to-eve-featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/eve-to-eve-11.jpgeve-to-eve-11Yesterday morning.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/eve-to-eve-10.jpgeve-to-eve-10Sock.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/eve-to-eve-09.jpgeve-to-eve-09Eve to Eve, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 150 x 230 cm https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/eve-to-eve-08.jpgeve-to-eve-08https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/eve-to-eve-07.jpgeve-to-eve-07https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/eve-to-eve-06.jpgeve-to-eve-06Sometimes making the experience part of my Instagram Stories helps me accomplish my goals.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/eve-to-eve-05.jpgeve-to-eve-05Invariably I goof off. Sandals.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/eve-to-eve-04.jpgeve-to-eve-042016-09-24T19:03:58+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/09/18/new-storybook-drawing-the-stories-that-surround-her/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/the-stories-that-surround-her.jpgthe-stories-that-surround-herThe Stories that Surround Herhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/tstsh.jpgtstshI drew a picture.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/tstsh-eve.jpgtstsh-eveEve drew a picture.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/the-stories-that-surround-her-02.jpgthe-stories-that-surround-her-02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/tstsh-01.jpgtstsh-01Later mess.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/the-stories-that-surround-her-01.jpgthe-stories-that-surround-her-01Earlier mess.2019-04-24T21:02:53+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/09/15/airplane-timelines-september-2-2016-ba156-kuwait-to-london/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/photo-sep-06-6-57-11-pm.jpgphoto-sep-06-6-57-11-pmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/photo-sep-06-6-27-53-pm.jpgphoto-sep-06-6-27-53-pmSex store selfies are a must.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/photo-sep-06-6-26-59-pm.jpgphoto-sep-06-6-26-59-pmTuesday I meet Piyush for our usual boy gossip sessions. Here we avoid being pigeon-shat on.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/photo-sep-05-9-50-43-pm.jpgphoto-sep-05-9-50-43-pmA pleasant stretch on the Piccadilly train. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/photo-sep-05-9-50-25-pm.jpgphoto-sep-05-9-50-25-pmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/photo-sep-05-9-50-22-pm.jpgphoto-sep-05-9-50-22-pmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/uk41.jpguk41I'm so happy with my hair, I can't resist a selfie. I'm looking quite alright for my girl's night out with Dominique later on.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/uk40.jpguk40On the train it feels like a full day later. In this picture, six black things.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/uk34.jpguk34https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/uk33.jpguk332016-09-15T11:04:16+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/09/12/the-reincarnation-of-eve/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_9328.jpgimg_9328https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_9105.jpgimg_9105https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_9099.jpgimg_9099https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_9326.jpgimg_9326https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_9235.jpgimg_9235https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_9237.jpgimg_9237https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_9266.jpgimg_9266https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_9086.jpgimg_9086https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_9071.jpgimg_9071https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_9068.jpgimg_90682016-11-23T13:01:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/08/30/new-watercolor-the-care/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/the-care.jpgThe CareNew watercolor } The Carehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/the-care-05.jpgthe care 05https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/the-care-04.jpgthe care 04She, a horse and me.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/photo-aug-30-9-57-03-pm.jpgPhoto Aug 30, 9 57 03 PMhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/the-care-03.jpgthe care 03In another lifetime, this was The Kuwait Review.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/photo-aug-30-9-56-58-pm.jpgPhoto Aug 30, 9 56 58 PMhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/the-care-02.jpgthe care 02But like my own, it's subtly asymmetrical.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/photo-aug-30-9-56-53-pm.jpgPhoto Aug 30, 9 56 53 PMhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/the-care-01.jpgthe care 01I color her face and decide to give her long hair. I think this is because I'm considering getting mine cut.2016-08-30T19:24:02+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/08/29/new-painting-comet/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/photo-aug-28-5-42-32-pm.jpgPhoto Aug 28, 5 42 32 PMhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/photo-aug-28-5-42-29-pm.jpgPhoto Aug 28, 5 42 29 PMhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/photo-aug-28-5-42-35-pm.jpgPhoto Aug 28, 5 42 35 PMhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/photo-aug-28-5-42-26-pm.jpgPhoto Aug 28, 5 42 26 PMhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/photo-aug-28-5-42-23-pm.jpgPhoto Aug 28, 5 42 23 PMhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/photo-aug-28-5-42-19-pm.jpgPhoto Aug 28, 5 42 19 PMhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/comet.jpgcometComet, 2016, acrylic on canvas. Sorry about the quality of this photo. I'm getting these paintings professionally photographed for CAP in November, which happens to be my deadline.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/comet-feature.jpgcomet featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/comet-10.jpgcomet 10https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/comet-08.jpgcomet 08She's only complete when we pose together. And the painting is signed...which I haven't done yet.2016-08-29T15:07:26+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/08/28/new-watercolor-the-bond/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/the-bond.jpgthe bondThe Bondhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/tbs05.jpgtbs05https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/tbs04.jpgtbs04https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/tbs03.jpgtbs03https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/tbs02.jpgtbs02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/tbs01.jpgtbs01https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/tb01.jpgtb01It's clear who she was.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/tb-featrue.jpgtb featrue2016-08-27T21:29:13+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/08/17/until-love-three-hundred-and-twenty/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/until-love-320.jpguntil love 320https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ul33.jpgul33https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ul30.jpgul30https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ul26.jpgul26https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ul25.jpgul25https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ul24.jpgul24https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ul23.jpgul23https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ul21.jpgul21https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ul20.jpgul20Hermodesty.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ul15.jpgul152016-08-17T18:15:53+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/08/15/new-painting-for-august/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/np13.jpgnp13I started this painting a couple of weeks ago. It's large and physically taxing. Mentally too. I've worked on paintings of this scale and larger. I don't know why this one is being so difficult.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/np12.jpgnp12https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/np11.jpgnp11https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/np09.jpgnp09https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/np08.jpgnp08https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/np07.jpgnp07https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/np06.jpgnp06https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/np05.jpgnp05https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/np04.jpgnp04https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/np03.jpgnp032016-08-15T14:01:29+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/08/12/square-portraits-22-to-26/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/square-portrait-26.jpgsquare portrait 2626https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/square-portrait-25.jpgsquare portrait 2525https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/square-portrait-24.jpgsquare portrait 2424https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/square-portrait-23.jpgsquare portrait 2323https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/square-portrait-22.jpgsquare portrait 2222https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sq-feature.jpgsq featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sq-02.jpgsq 02All the King's horses and all the King's men.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sq-01.jpgsq 01.2016-08-12T19:48:03+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/08/08/in-triplicate-the-creation-of-unoriginal-artwork-87/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/pigtails-original.jpgpigtails originalPigtails } The Originalhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/pigtails-in-trip.jpgpigtails in tripPigtails } In Triplicatehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/pigtails-in-dup.jpgpigtails in dupPigtails } In Duplicatehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/pigtails-glitch-04.jpgpigtails glitch 04And when my scanner acts funny...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/pigtails-glitch-03.jpgpigtails glitch 03And when my scanner acts funny...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/pigtails-glitch-02.jpgpigtails glitch 02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/pigtails-glitch-1.jpgpigtails glitch 1And when my scanner acts funny...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/pigtails-05.jpgpigtails 05Pigtails and lemons.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/pigtails-04.jpgpigtails 04https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/pigtails-02.jpgpigtails 022016-08-08T15:16:31+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/08/06/two-dreams/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/diary-rem1rem2.jpgdiary rem1rem2REM1 REM2https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/diary-feature.jpgdiary featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/diary-august-6-2016.jpgdiary august 6 2016.2016-08-06T19:01:24+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/08/05/square-portraits-14-to-21/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sp-14.jpgsp 1414https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/101.jpg101https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/square-port-06.jpgsquare port 06...but I prefer some over others.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/square-port-05.jpgsquare port 05They stack nicely. My friends stack nicely.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/square-port-04.jpgsquare port 04Creating formations.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/square-port-03.jpgsquare port 03I love the girls...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/square-port-02.jpgsquare port 02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/square-port-01.jpgsquare port 01We hold each other up.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sp19.jpgsp1919https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sp-21.jpgsp 21212016-08-05T16:57:56+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/08/04/new-watercolor-sketchbook-paint-by-numbers/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/paint-by-numbers.jpgpaint by numbersPaint By Numbershttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/paint-by-numbers-feature.jpgpaint by numbers featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/paint-by-numbers-01.jpgpaint by numbers 01Hairless chicks.2016-08-04T10:51:14+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/07/30/square-portraits-01-to-13/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/square-portraits-09.jpgSquare Portraits 0909https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/square-portrait-13.jpgSquare Portrait 1313https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/square-portrait-12.jpgSquare Portrait 1212https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/square-portrait-11.jpgSquare Portrait 1111https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/square-portrait-10.jpgSquare Portrait 1010https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/square-portrait-08.jpgSquare Portrait 0808https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/square-portrait-07.jpgSquare Portrait 0707https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/square-portrait-06.jpgSquare Portrait 0606https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/square-portrait-05.jpgSquare Portrait 0505https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/square-portrait-04.jpgSquare Portrait 04042016-07-30T17:13:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/07/27/little-cardboard-paintings/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cb12.jpgcb12I line them up. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cb11.jpgcb11I dance with them.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cb10.jpgcb10Earlier today, painting and watching the Gilmore Girls. I find the show endearing, despite the fact that everyone in it, especially the eponymous mother and daughter, is annoying. I do like Star Hollow, Sookie and Luke though.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cb08.jpgcb08.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cb07.jpgcb07My first, so I played with her the most.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cb06.jpgcb066https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cb05.jpgcb051https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cb04.jpgcb042https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cb03.jpgcb034https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cb02.jpgcb0252017-07-12T06:32:48+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/07/20/my-green-stone-sketchbook-four-sketches-on-a-hot-steamy-day/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/g-and-s-100.jpgg and s 100https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/g-and-s-99.jpgg and s 99No animals were harmed in the making of this sketch, except one, and not on purpose.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/g-and-s-98.jpgg and s 98https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/g-and-s-97.jpgg and s 972016-07-20T18:39:54+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/07/15/back-when-you-and-i-danced-in-the-early-1920s/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/back-when-you-and-i-02.jpgback when you and i 02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/back-when-you-and-i-01.jpgback when you and i 01Back When You and I Danced in the Early 1920s2016-07-15T19:14:55+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/07/14/new-painting-bocce-girls/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/bg20.jpgbg20Up on the turrets we survey our realm.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/bg13.jpgbg13Bocce Eves, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 140 x 180 cmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/bg11.jpgbg11https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/bg10.jpgbg10https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/bg09.jpgbg09https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/bg08.jpgbg08https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/bg06.jpgbg06https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/bg05.jpgbg05https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/bg04.jpgbg04https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/bg03.jpgbg032016-07-15T12:57:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/07/05/from-yesterday-to-today-one-thing-leads-to-another/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wat-feature.jpgwat featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wat-col.jpgwat colHand and face.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wat-yes-07.jpgwat yes 07Invariably, the hand art lead to a selfie. This one was a little rude so I took another.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wat-yes-06.jpgwat yes 06I couldn't decide what I wanted to do with it until this morning.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wat-yes-03.jpgwat yes 03https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wat-col-yes-05.jpgwat col yes 05This is my ring: 'Ghain' by architect and calligrapher Fareed Abdal. It's the letter my name starts with in Arabic. I left the painting abstract because I liked it the way it was and started another.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wat-col-10.jpgwat col 10And I thought: this is the creative end to this. I'll wash my hand and get on with other business.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/watercolor-yesterday-02.jpgwatercolor yesterday 02Four eyes.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/watercolor-yesterday-01.jpgwatercolor yesterday 012016-07-06T06:07:26+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/07/03/discommon-my-unexpected-date-with-a-straight-razor/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/discommon01.jpgdiscommon01My favorite companies are ones that operate on a personal level. That's why I love Hope House Press (my journals) so much.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/discommon-22.jpgdiscommon 22In the spirit of introducing my new friend the razor to other things I love, I put these things together.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/discommon-21.jpgdiscommon 21My family and I love fine things: my son's Royal typewriter, my brother Ahmed's slide rule, aka a slipstick (wink, wink), my Muji notebooks and the star of this post, a Discommon titanium straight razor. Makes a girl wish, for once, that she were a man. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/discommon-20.jpgdiscommon 20Eve gets a close shave, in more ways than one.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/discommon-12.jpgdiscommon 12https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/discommon-11.jpgdiscommon 11Making friends.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/discommon-10.jpgdiscommon 10A cool paperweight for us unbearded folk.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/discommon-07.jpgdiscommon 07No one wants to be a commoner. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/discommon-05.jpgdiscommon 05I could've played with you all day. These origami polyhedra were created with paper I got from my favorite local paper supplier LB o J'zazz.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/discommon-03.jpgdiscommon 03A razor in a pouch with a little thank you note from Neil. Perfect.2016-07-03T13:39:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/06/30/new-painting-island-girl/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/island-girl.jpgisland girlIsland Girl, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 35 x 45cmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/island-girl-08.jpgisland girl 08If I don't island, she will.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/island-girl-07.jpgisland girl 07https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/island-girl-05.jpgisland girl 05https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/island-girl-03.jpgisland girl 03https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/island-girl-02.jpgisland girl 02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/island-girl-01.jpgisland girl 012016-06-30T15:07:30+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/03/16/queens-of-refuse/2016-06-28T12:48:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/06/26/big-sister-little-sister-middle-sister/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ts-01.jpgts 01https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/three-sisters.jpgthree sistersBig Sister, Little Sister, Middle Sisterhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/three-sisters-feature.jpgthree sisters feature2016-06-26T18:46:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/06/23/cysts-and-fibroids-fibroids-and-cysts/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/diary-june-22-2016.jpgdiary june 22 2016.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/diary-feature.jpgdiary featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/diary-02.jpgdiary 022016-06-23T18:31:04+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/06/21/mr-freud-goes-to-the-circus/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/50.jpg50Mr. Freud Goes to the Circushttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_4136-1.jpgimg_4136-1https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_4136.jpgimg_4136https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_4126.jpgimg_4126https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_4097.jpgimg_40972016-06-21T23:25:28+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/06/19/a-single-celled-organism-called-eve/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/single-celled-organism-called-eve.jpgsingle-celled organism called evehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/single-cell-o-neg.jpgsingle cell o negSometimes my clumsy fingers fall on the wrong keys.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sco-rando.jpgsco randoEvery now and then I find something interesting in one of my drawers. This morning I found this and thought I'd post it here. It's not completely random.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sco-feature.jpgsco featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sco-01.jpgsco 01Halfway mark.2016-06-19T09:45:44+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/06/13/square-portraits-2-3-4-56/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/khaleds-drawing.jpgkhaled's drawingThis is what he drew. His characters crack me up!https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sp-feature-02.jpgsp feature 02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sp13.jpgsp13Square Portrait #2, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 cmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sp12.jpgsp12Square Portrait #4, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 cmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sp11.jpgsp11Square Portrait #3, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 cmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sp10.jpgsp10My least favorite shade of green: I call it toothpaste green. As I survey this hideous hue, Khaled draws his crazy characters. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sp09.jpgsp09Square Portrait #5, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 cmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sp08.jpgsp08Square Portrait #6, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 cmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sp03.jpgsp03As their sisters did before them, they stand guard. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sp-feature.jpgsp feature2016-06-13T12:49:09+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/05/29/square-paintings-new-face/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/new-face.jpgnew faceNew Face, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 cmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/new-face-feature.jpgnew face featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/new-face-03.jpgnew face 03It's always a balancing act with me.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/new-face-02.jpgnew face 02Saturday morning improv: how to film yourself painting.2016-06-13T11:58:38+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/06/07/two-watercolors-one-simple-and-one-complex/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lw11.jpglw11https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lw10.jpglw10https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lw09.jpglw09https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lw08.jpglw08https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lw07.jpglw07https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lw06.jpglw06https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lw05.jpglw05https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lw04.jpglw04https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lw03.jpglw03https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lw02.jpglw02Holding Tight to the Week's End } Some (including myself) would refer to my watercolors as being over-worked. I prefer to think of them as being anguished.2016-06-07T13:58:34+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/06/04/until-love-two-hundred-and-twelve/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ul212091.jpgul21209Sorting and counting, counting and sorting. I've forgotten what it's like to be normal.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ul21212.jpgul21212See? Adorable.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ul21211.jpgul21211I bought this marvelous origami paper from Lbo J'zazz...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ul21210.jpgul21210I'm standing tall as an antenna.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ul21207.jpgul21207https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ul21206.jpgul21206https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ul21204.jpgul21204.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ul21203.jpgul21203Pointy, colorful quicksand that won't kill you.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ul21202.jpgul21202Prepping the mosaic balls (can I call just call them balls?).https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ul21201.jpgul21201...and shared these pics with owner Lubna Saif Abbas.2016-06-04T18:42:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/05/17/new-painting-square-portrait-i/2016-05-29T16:37:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/05/23/in-triplicate-the-creation-of-unoriginal-artwork-84/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/we-are-equal-part-blue-and-red.jpgwe are equal part blue and redWe are an Equal Blend of Blue and Red } In Triplicatehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/we-are-an-exact-blend-of-blue-and-red.jpgwe are an exact blend of blue and redWe are an Equal Blend of Blue and Red } In Duplicatehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/we-are-an-equal-blend-of-red-and-blue.jpgwe are an equal blend of red and blueWe are an Equal Blend of Blue and Red } The Originalhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/we-are-an-equal-blend-07.jpgwe are an equal blend 07https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/we-are-an-equal-blend-04.jpgwe are an equal blend 04https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/we-are-an-equal-blend-03.jpgwe are an equal blend 03https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/we-are-an-equal-blend-02.jpgwe are an equal blend 02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/we-are-an-equal-blend-01.jpgwe are an equal blend 012016-05-23T16:31:25+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/05/22/sister-snakes/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sister-snakes-feature.jpgsister snakes featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/snake-sisters-10.jpgsnake sisters 10Sister Snakeshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/snake-sisters-09.jpgsnake sisters 09https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/snake-sisters-07.jpgsnake sisters 07https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/snake-sisters-06.jpgsnake sisters 06https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/snake-sisters-04.jpgsnake sisters 04https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/snake-sisters-03.jpgsnake sisters 03https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/snake-sisters-02.jpgsnake sisters 02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/snake-sister-01.jpgsnake sister 012016-05-22T19:27:26+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/05/21/until-love-a-hundred-and-seventy-four/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ul08.jpgul08.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ul03.jpgul03No matter how many I have, they're never enough. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ul02.jpgul02My polyhedra Instagram shots almost always involve me climbing this ladder. You can't see it here, but I've just set my camera on timer, taped the phone to the ceiling and am ascending. I like what the camera captured.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ul-feature.jpgul featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ul-09.jpgul 09I always dread clean-up. I decide to make a pile before I store my polyhedra away. They look much better in a pile. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ul-01.jpgul 01I simply balance my phone on the ruler and it's an instant bird's eye view 'tripod'. Oh, and I've also been watching 'Dexter' on Netflix. I'm on season four.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ul04.jpgul04Until Love } A Hundred and Seventy-Four2016-05-22T12:28:07+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/05/20/eight-sisters/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/eight-sisters-feature.jpgeight sisters featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/eight-sisters.jpgeight sistersEight Sisters2016-05-20T18:33:20+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/05/19/new-painting-at-caps-artist-studio/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cap19.jpgcap19https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cap16.jpgcap16https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cap15.jpgcap15https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cap13.jpgcap13https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cap12.jpgcap12https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cap11.jpgcap11https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cap10.jpgcap10https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cap09.jpgcap09I decided to go back this afternoon as I don't have my kids today and felt I could give I'd have a good stretch to paint. The door to the studio is glass (another inconvenience, albeit a minor one) so I found a solution. I took a change of clothes, and as soon as I finished getting into them I noticed a security camera behind me. I made some security guard's day today. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cap08.jpgcap08This is how I left her last Sunday.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cap06.jpgcap06She has hair.2016-05-19T17:46:13+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/05/12/new-watercolor-sketchbook-twin-and-a-half/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/nwcsb05.jpgnwcsb05Not quite complete but getting somewhere.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/nwcsb04.jpgnwcsb04I think I prefer my smaller watercolor sketchbooks. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/nwcsb03.jpgnwcsb03The one I painted in my hotel room.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/nwcsb02.jpgnwcsb02The one I painted in the park.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/nwcsb01.jpgnwcsb01new watercolor sketchbook } twin and a halfhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/nwcsb-feature.jpgnwcsb featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/nwcsb-07.jpgnwcsb 07Three heads better than one.2016-05-12T19:56:05+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/05/09/uk-days-april-28-to-may-8-2016-part-iii/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/uk21.jpguk21This is my fifth stay at the Ampersand, but my first time playing with the rubber ducky. I feel like I am in dire need of a spiritual lift. I'm disappointed that the duck won't stay upright and can't help me much. So I decide to go to the park and paint.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/uk20.jpguk20Me and Mark Wahlberg.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/uk19.jpguk19On the plane, Karma bumps me to Business Class.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/uk18.jpguk18M'Lady.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/uk16.jpguk16And of course Roxie.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/uk15.jpguk15The requisite Pantiles jump.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/uk12.jpguk12The Pantile Pets: Naomi.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/uk11.jpguk11In Leatherhead my brother's family and I visit a car show. Here, these three Triumphs appear victorious in all their glory.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/uk10.jpguk10Packing is difficult. I really don't want to leave, even though this room reminds me of a huge disappointment I felt days earlier. But I also had some wonderful times here.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/uk09.jpguk09I catch this beautiful bride gliding down the stairs at the Ampersand. Look at her, she's beaming!2016-05-09T16:29:46+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/05/06/uk-days-april-28-to-may-8-2016-part-ii/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_11781.jpgIMG_1178George gives me street credibility. I love this shot. In it he says that he's my guilty conscience. In that case, I'm guilty through and through.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_1217.jpgIMG_1217Two minute sketch.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_1216.jpgIMG_1216This is my last and favorite sketch of the night. I did it in a minute.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_1215.jpgIMG_1215I should've started with pencil.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_1214.jpgIMG_1214My first two sketches. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_1212.jpgIMG_1212At night I join Eilidh for a life painting session at the Primrose Hill Community Centre. I am so rusty.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_1210.jpgIMG_1210https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_1185.jpgIMG_1185Oh these balls were so yummy! We have a true tete a tete at Redemption, very appropriately named vegan restaurant. The food was so tasty and hearty and the way vegan food should be. This is dessert.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_1183.jpgIMG_1183At Sarah's I eat dates and sip on lime tea.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_1178.jpgIMG_11782016-05-09T05:16:09+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/04/29/uk-days-april-28-to-may-9-2016-part-i/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0679.jpgIMG_0679https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_06821.jpgIMG_0682While everyone sleeps I fold paper.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0702.jpgIMG_0702https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0701.jpgIMG_0701https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0700.jpgIMG_0700https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0699.jpgIMG_0699Packing day.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0689_2.jpgIMG_0689_2Finally I settle in. I love my room. I love this hotel.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0680.jpgIMG_0680https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0678.jpgIMG_0678On the plane I'm back to my usual routine.2016-05-06T11:23:02+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/04/22/to-build-a-web/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ib-feature.jpgib featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ib08.jpgib08She makes me smile.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ib07.jpgib07This and the next two photos are originally David Dobson.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ib06.jpgib06https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ib05.jpgib05Who is tattooed on whom.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ib04.jpgib04https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ib03.jpgib03I took this two nights ago.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ib02.jpgib02Where are you? Here I am.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ib01.jpgib01I used the canvas filter on PhotoToaster for this effect. It looks like a honeycomb behind me and I'm a worker bee. The queen is nowhere to be found.2016-04-22T11:10:18+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/04/20/playing-with-the-machina/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dm22.jpgdm22.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dm21.jpgdm21Which Ghadah do you want?https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dm20.jpgdm20Machina, me and headgear.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dm15.jpgdm15.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dm13.jpgdm13Physically, Deena has the quality to transform into a Victorian vixen. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dm12.jpgdm12Perambulator. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dm11.jpgdm11Here I'm wearing one of Deena's masks. You must check out her website (click on her name in the text above). A wonderful spirit and a true artist.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dm10.jpgdm10Everything was at our disposal in creating our headgear.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dm03.jpgdm03Deena puts it to Eve.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dm02.jpgdm02Aztec Samurai Deena Machina.2016-04-20T18:23:33+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/04/17/my-private-little-arab-spring/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sc22.jpgsc22At the end of a hard day's work, my sister and I sit down to eat. We're done for the night.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sc21.jpgsc21I want my home back.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sc20.jpgsc20I don't think Paul is very happy.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sc19.jpgsc19But somehow things start to fall into place.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sc18.jpgsc18I wake up to this and want to go back to bed.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sc17.jpgsc17...until the sun sets.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sc16.jpgsc16Everything seems brighter...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sc15.jpgsc15Too much paper.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sc14.jpgsc14I love my daughter's book from when she was a little cherub. She cracks me up.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sc13.jpgsc13And dice.2016-04-29T22:19:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/04/08/until-love-a-hundred-and-thirty-eight/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/until-love-18.jpguntil love 18Idee fixe.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/until-love-15.jpguntil love 15Tipple topple.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/until-love-12.jpguntil love 12Clean up time.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/until-love-09.jpguntil love 09But one last play before I put you away.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/until-love-08.jpguntil love 08Vertigo.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/until-love-07.jpguntil love 07I need more boxes.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/until-love-05.jpguntil love 05I test out a shot in my Friday pants. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/until-love-04.jpguntil love 04Eve is trapped in a bottle...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/until-love-02.jpguntil love 02...but she enjoys the view.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/until-love-01.jpguntil love 01Until Love } A Hundred and Thirty-Eight2016-04-10T19:15:11+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/04/02/idyll/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/a230.jpga230The weather could not have been more pleasant for our 11 o'clock meeting. From left to right: Amira Behbehani, Reham Alsamerai, Thuraya Al-Baqsami, Deena Machina Qabazard and Zahra Al-Mahdi.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/diary-april-2-2016.jpgdiary april 2 2016.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/diary-feature.jpgdiary featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/a220.jpga220In Thuraya Al-Baqsami's jointly-occupied studio (she really should have her own space), she and Reham Alsamerai discuss one of her paintings.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/a217.jpga217So we don't.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/a215.jpga215Vincent and me. Photo by Deena Machina.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/a214.jpga214The world's most photographed beetle this morning.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/a213.jpga213Hide and go seek.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/a212.jpga212I want to make laser sounds.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/a211.jpga211Two benches, one colorful and one not, two girls and a ladder.2016-04-02T19:03:50+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/09/05/until-love-forty/2016-04-01T14:56:47+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/03/28/in-triplicate-the-creation-of-unoriginal-artwork-83/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/head-thoughts-feature.jpghead thoughts featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/head-thoughts-05.jpghead thoughts 05https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/head-thoughts-04.jpghead thoughts 04https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/head-thoughts-03.jpghead thoughts 03Head Thoughts } In Triplicatehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/head-thoughts-02.jpghead thoughts 02Head Thoughts } In Duplicatehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/head-thoughts-01.jpghead thoughts 01Head Thoughts } The Original2016-03-28T18:02:35+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/03/27/extra-ornery/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/today03.jpgtoday03Am.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/today02.jpgtoday02An 'antique' Azza pendant on my chest, and bitter hurt inside it.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/today01.jpgtoday01Earlier today, a more positive time. Azza Fahmy is in Lucy's mirror.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/today-feature.jpgtoday featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/diary-march-27-2016.jpgdiary march 27 2016.2016-03-27T19:14:17+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/03/25/ediths-daughter/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ediths-daughter.jpgedith's daughterEdith's Daugher, 2016, watercolor on paper, 30.5 x 22.9 cmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ediths-daughter-feature-01.jpgedith's daughter feature 012016-03-25T16:01:35+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/03/24/watercolor-sketchbook-edith-and-the-line-through-her-face/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/edith-feature.jpgedith featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/edith-and-the-line-through-her-face.jpgEdith and the line through her faceWatercolor Sketchbook } Edith and the Line Through Her Facehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/edith-and-the-line-through-her-face-02.jpgedith and the line through her face 02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/edith-03.jpgedith 032016-03-24T16:47:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/03/08/three-days-in-nayland-cobblers-cottage/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cob091.jpgcob09...and ends up falling asleep for real.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cob081.jpgcob08https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_4264.jpgIMG_4264I wake up bright and early, capturing more of this gem's beauty.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_4336.jpgIMG_4336And gone. I am too embarrassed to eat the garnish.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_4278.jpgIMG_4278https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_4207.jpgIMG_4207As soon as you walk in it's the kitchen. But all you have to do is look to your right and you see this. Jana runs upstairs to explore while I chat with cottage owner Kevin.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cob91.jpgcob91Milk in bottles. Sigh.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_4266.jpgIMG_4266https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cob41.jpgcob41Jana and the Stour.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cob02.jpgcob02We pass the ArcelorMittal Orbit. It's hideous. I never liked it. But I'm excited to see it.2016-03-23T15:53:30+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/03/23/the-morning-i-got-my-carbon-light-boxes-back/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/xray-feature02.jpgxray feature02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/xray-feature.jpgxray featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/xray06.jpgxray06There are ten light boxes in all, tucked away safe and sound.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/xray05.jpgxray05I'm surprised there isn't a power shortage in Salwa. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/xray03.jpgxray03Prognosis Black and Bluehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/xray02.jpgxray02They still look good.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/xray01.jpgxray01I forget to switch the lights on.2016-03-23T09:29:07+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/03/09/new-painting-zeri-girls/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/zg-feature.jpgzg featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/zg39.jpgzg39The feminine and the masculine.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/zg37.jpgzg37Among Zeri Crafts cushions and tablecloths is my dear friend Sarah Al-Hamad's book 'Sun Bread and Sticky Toffee'. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/zg36.jpgzg36The girls chat in the shadows.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/zg34.jpgzg34And they're settled.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/zg33.jpgzg33Such a serene spot amidst the craziness of Kuwait City traffic just minutes away.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/zg32.jpgzg32Doha's Atlas Bookshop owner Fatma Al Sehlawi's henna and haori kimono-like jacket are stunning! https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/zg31.jpgzg31At the Park, Brownbook Magazine's Rashid Binshabib and Laila slot the girls into place. The pavilions are beautiful and echo the architecture of our past. On the floor are some samples of sadu weavings, books, Zeri Crafts notebooks, mubkhars and bookmarks.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/zg30.jpgzg30Laila's Drinks & Cigarettes. We decided that this one could go back home.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/zg22.jpgzg22Sunday morning I take a picture of them with their sisters. In an hour Gasper will arrive and transport them to Al Shaheed Park.2016-03-09T18:56:19+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/03/02/new-painting-notes-float/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nf-feature.jpgnf featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nf10.jpgnf10https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nf20.jpgnf20Notes Float, 2016, acrylic on canvashttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nf18.jpgnf18https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nf21.jpgnf21https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nf19.jpgnf19https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nf13.jpgnf13Sometimes I have to shift perspective to make it work.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nf17.jpgnf17The photo above was a pain to create; one of which required patience, agility and a full stomach. On that morning I possessed none of those qualities.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nf11.jpgnf11https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nf15.jpgnf152016-03-03T14:51:48+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/02/29/four-sketches-on-this-extra-day/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/s-and-g-1000.jpgs and g 1000https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/s-and-g-two.jpgs and g twohttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/s-and-g-1001.jpgs and g 1001Vitruvian woman has thirteen hands but rubbish eye-hand coordination.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/s-and-g-one.jpgs and g onehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/s-and-g-1002.jpgs and g 1002Two seconds before the fall that shatters her knees.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/g-and-s-1003.jpgg and s 1003Collar chic.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/g-and-s-feature.jpgg and s feature2016-02-29T19:02:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/02/26/woman-with-blue-hair/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/125.jpg125Woman With Blue Hairhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wwbh04.jpgwwbh04https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wwbh03.jpgwwbh03https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wwbh02.jpgwwbh02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wwbh01.jpgwwbh01https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/blue-hair-feature.jpgblue hair feature2016-02-26T17:06:40+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/02/18/new-painting-ds-message-in-her-hand/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/duncan-message-in-her-hand.jpgduncan message in her handD's Message in Her Hand, acrylic on canvas, 2016https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dun11.jpgdun11She is so vulnerable and for a change, I feel like *I* want to protect *her*.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dun14.jpgdun14https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dun18.jpgdun18https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dun12.jpgdun12https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dun13.jpgdun13https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dun20.jpgdun20She explores the house.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dun15.jpgdun15Time to wrap you up nice and safe.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dun06.jpgdun06https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dun02.jpgdun02She explores the house.2021-05-25T19:18:51+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/02/17/airplane-timelines-british-airways-flight-156-kuwait-to-london-2/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/london-feature.jpglondon featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/12647088_10154592616319778_963582044912221713_n.jpg12647088_10154592616319778_963582044912221713_nWe head Eastward for lunch. I teach him how to do a proper selfie (from the top, Peter, not the bottom).https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/london11.jpglondon11I drink green tea from a mug Nelli painted for me my last trip there.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/london20.jpglondon20https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/london15.jpglondon15Madness indeed.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/london18.jpglondon18https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/london06.jpglondon06Peter drops me off at South Kensington station where we are met by the biggest deluge of New Zealanders I've ever seen in a place that isn't New Zealand. There were sheep, wizards, hobbits and much more.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/london05.jpglondon05Peter's cauliflower looks delicious, and I don't like cauliflower.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/london13.jpglondon13Jana can't wait to have a Pret chicken avocado sandwich.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/london12.jpglondon12Later on at lunch I fall in love with this glass. It's a wine glass but I insist on drinking water from it.2016-02-17T11:01:54+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/02/04/new-painting-complete-eve-the-sun/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/eve-the-sun-01.jpgeve the sun 01https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/eve-the-sun.jpgeve the sun.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/eve-the-sun-03.jpgeve the sun 03Sometimes I'm her but most of the time she's me. Either way, we revolve around each other.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/eve-the-sun-final.jpgeve the sun finalEve the Sun, 2016, acrylic on canvas, approx. 125 x 275cm (my first painting this year yay)https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/eves-planets-feature.jpgeve's planets featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/eve-the-sun-detail-02.jpgeve the sun detail 02Holding tight to a baby planet called Pluto.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/eve-the-sun-detail-01.jpgeve the sun detail 01No matter how much I tried to paint the sadness out of her face, she'd end up like this. I guess it may have been PMS. Our moons have finally caught up with each other.2016-02-04T17:13:47+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/02/02/alphabet-soup-z-is-for-zit/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/abc-feature.jpgABC featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/z-is-for-zit.jpgz is for zitZ is for zit.2016-02-03T03:05:22+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/01/25/new-painting-on-the-table/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/np41.jpgnp41So many layers. This painting has actually progressed quite a bit from this but I'll include those in the next post.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/np12.jpgnp12I had to include one of my new polyhedrons. I just received this Tuttle kimono-inspired origami paper.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/np03.jpgnp03https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/np20.jpgnp20https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/np33.jpgnp33Shooting hazards. After taking one of these higher perspective photos I fell off my ladder. It could've been really bad but it wasn't. And there was no one around to see it and feel bad for me. Or laugh.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/np01.jpgnp01https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/np15.jpgnp15She cascades in my living room on a cloudy day.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/np30.jpgnp30https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/np23.jpgnp23https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/np26.jpgnp262016-01-29T18:26:51+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/01/29/this-point/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/this-point.jpgthis pointThis Pointhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/this-point-13.jpgthis point 13https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/this-point-12.jpgthis point 12https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/this-point-01.jpgthis point 01I bought this gorgeous 'origami' paper from Green & Stone's, but it's not really origami paper so I've repurposed it. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/this-point-09.jpgthis point 09https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/this-point-10.jpgthis point 10https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/this-point-08.jpgthis point 08https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/this-point-11.jpgthis point 11https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/this-point-06.jpgthis point 06https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/this-point-07.jpgthis point 072016-01-30T10:28:28+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/01/27/a-few-sketches-this-evening-some-from-last-year-and-some-from-this-one/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sketch201602.jpgsketch201602'toilet mishaps'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sketch201607.jpgsketch201607'wheel cousins'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sketch201612.jpgsketch201612'no one here to wind me up'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sketch201611.jpgsketch201611'i'll carry you' 'thank you'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sketch201606.jpgsketch201606'it was her, she did it'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sketch201613.jpgsketch201613'to the clink'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sketch201604.jpgsketch201604'birthday candle'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sketch201601.jpgsketch201601'overdue book'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sketch201605.jpgsketch201605'she cried so much, she was confused as to where she ended and the tissue began'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sketch201609.jpgsketch201609'discarded teabags'2016-01-27T18:17:09+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/01/05/a-belated-happy-new-year/2016-01-17T17:50:30+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/01/12/good-night-mr-jones/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/diary-feature.jpgdiary featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/diary-pic-two.jpgdiary pic twohttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/diary-pic-one.jpgdiary pic oneThis evening I saw a rainbow. Finally, an auspicious sign. I've had a good day.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/eve-and-bowie.jpgeve and bowieEve, Che, Jesus and Bowie.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/diary-january-12-2016.jpgdiary january 12 2016.2016-01-12T19:03:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2016/01/11/four-faces-for-today/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/face-02.jpgface 02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/face-01.jpgface 01https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/face-03.jpgface 03https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/face-i-see-you-you-see-me.jpgface i see you you see meFace } I See You/You See Mehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/face-clowns-sister.jpgface clown's sisterFace } Clown's Sisterhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/face-thinking-diagonally.jpgface thinking diagonallyFace } Thinking Diagonallyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/face-thoughts.jpgface thoughtsFace } Thoughts2016-01-11T17:55:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/12/23/xenia-and-her-kettlebells/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/xenia-and-her-kettlebells.jpgxenia and her kettlebellshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/xenia-feature.jpgxenia feature2015-12-23T18:38:50+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/12/20/the-evolution-of-semi-things/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/diary-december-20-2015.jpgdiary december 20 2015.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/st201.jpgst20https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/st14.jpgst14https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/st03.jpgst03pacmanhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/st09.jpgst09https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/st01.jpgst01in the beginninghttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/st12.jpgst12and donehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/st10.jpgst10a tropical birdhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/st07.jpgst07https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/st08.jpgst082015-12-25T10:11:16+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/12/19/in-triplicate-the-creation-of-unoriginal-artwork-82/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daylight-shavings-02.jpgdaylight shavings 02daylight shavings } in duplicatehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daylight-shavings-01.jpgdaylight shavings 01daylight shavings } the originalhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daylight-shavings-03.jpgdaylight shavings 03daylight shavings } in triplicatehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daylight-shavings-feature.jpgdaylight shavings feature2015-12-19T17:24:13+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/12/17/new-painting-lachrymose-eve/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/siam04.jpgsiam04https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/siam07.jpgsiam07new painting } lachrymose eve, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 120cmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/siam05.jpgsiam05https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/siam02.jpgsiam02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/siam10.jpgsiam10https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/siam01.jpgsiam01at one time there were fishhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/siam03.jpgsiam03while the paint dries i play iphone backgammon with fictional rival clancy 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and black is the way nephew and aunty rollhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gk15.jpggk15and he's backhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gk12.jpggk12perfect timing: after the shoot, he perks up and is pack to his mischievous little selfhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gk11.jpggk11i think he likes his new stylehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gk10.jpggk10and we're donehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gk09.jpggk09gently does ithttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gk08.jpggk08.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gk06.jpggk06fixing his hairhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gk04.jpggk04he was so stern throughout. every now and then he'd say 'peep' or 'poop' https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gk03.jpggk03i give him a final check. no diapers peeping through. we need black or nude 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water2015-08-12T13:15:33+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/08/11/trouble-in-polyhedra-land/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/phgw13.jpgphgw13for now, i'll stick to the larger size polyhedra, only try to be more precise with the foldlinghttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/phgw12.jpgphgw12baby icosahedronhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/phgw11.jpgphgw11saturday night i wrote mr. lavavej a long email wondering what i had done wrong, if he had any advice for me, and attached a photo of my loser polyhedron. he responded saying that my pieces were too large and that they weren't all folded to precision (which is true, i must admit). so i made them much smaller, which makes them far less precise. so i'm thinking of using very light paper next time to facilitate the foldinghttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/phgw10.jpgphgw10it's not always roses with these colorful, truncated balls of delighthttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/phgw09.jpgphgw09the following day i decided to put all my previous polyhedra back together again, but to color coordinate themhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/phgw08.jpgphgw08then for fun and instant gratification, i placed the units in this bowl and instagrammed ithttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/phgw07.jpgphgw07i was saved by a phone call from yasmine, during which i bawled some more (about all my ills) and subconsciously did this. sisters really are a blessinghttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/phgw06.jpgphgw06around 10 pm, at my sixth or seventh attempt, trying to use every contraption known to man to keep this structure from collapsing on itself, i kicked the damn thing and started bawling like a baby. it was like a pandora's box of sadness was unleashed. stupid epcot ballhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/phgw5.jpgphgw5https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/phgw04.jpgphgw04i soon moved to the floor and decided that color coordinating sections would be far more helpful, which it was. it was also a lot easier on the eyes. i think this was my third or fourth attempt. by this time it was around 3 pm2015-08-11T17:47:52+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/08/07/a-new-painting-in-progress-this-friday/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/np12.jpgnp12the way she is at the moment. i'm so tempted to keep her this wayhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/np10.jpgnp10done for the day. i check my nails for paint. i need to get ready for a wedding soon. buzz. kill.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/np07.jpgnp07and secondhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/np04.jpgnp04first 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fridgehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/beirut16.jpgbeirut16submarine vibes at the metro. here, abed introduces me to ayman baalbaki, who's paintings are pretty damn incredible. and he's kinda hot in a badass punch-you-in-the-face sort of wayhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/beirut14.jpgbeirut14i love red velvet curtains but i don't think i'd ever have them in my homehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/beirut12.jpgbeirut12thursday, july 30 } z and i have lunch with m and j at the metropolitan restaurant. it's always good to see themhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/beirut10.jpgbeirut10yumhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/beirut06.jpgbeirut06wednesday, july 29 } abed takes me to a couple of galleries. this one, galerie janine rubeiz, is by far my favorite. and i loved the work too: 'the dopamine series: escape through mind exploration' by adlita stephan. very, very inspiringhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/beirut-46.jpgbeirut 46after yasmine arrives from kuwait we dine with abed and mariam at the mizyan restaurant in hamra. despite the hip vibe, i enjoyed the music, and the food was delicioushttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/beirut-45.jpgbeirut 452015-08-05T18:43:54+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/07/04/girls-the-pantiles/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/pg15.jpgpg15she likes order, structure and the scent of damp potteryhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/pg14.jpgpg14and this one hangs out on the fence surrounding the orchard. they, as do i, never want to leavehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/pg13.jpgpg13we head back to the house, for in a few hours we must leavehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/pg12.jpgpg12outside the first greenhouse, who knows what creatures lurk in the dark water beneath herhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/pg07.jpgpg07she lays on a plinthhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/pg06.jpgpg06https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/gp11.jpggp11the third greenhouse is the emptiest and the most overgrown. this one resists leaving. she hides in between the panels but i finally manage to wrest her from the paneshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/gp10.jpggp10my girls have made it a habit to visit this chair. there were two but one disappearedhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/gp09.jpggp09on my way down to the greenhouses my rainbow girls become attached to a garden sievehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/gp04.jpggp04in the middle of the sprawling lawn is this manmade pond. i tried looking for tadpoles but found no evident signs of 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everywhere be happy and free). and thank you, reem, for this pretty wrist band to ward off the evil eye https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/mh30.jpgmh30https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/mh26.jpgmh26good night, house of mirrorshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/mh25.jpgmh25outside reem peeps through the letter slothttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/mh24.jpgmh24chris in the elevatorhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/mh23.jpgmh23towards the end of the tour, a very bizarre game leaves us in stitches. i won every time, which somehow made it funnier because reem and chris crack me uphttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/mh21.jpgmh21upstairs these newspaper snippets dating all the way back to the 80s. this photo is much olderhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/mh20.jpgmh20i loved this wall. i wish i had the eves with me at this point. i forgot them in one of 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happy to be herehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/today13.jpgtoday13everything in this picture is delicious. i was so inspired. i think i may need to start thinking about renting a proper studio that doesn't double as my homehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/today12.jpgtoday12later on i went gaga over abed al kadiri's paintings at his temporary studio at CAPhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/today111.jpgtoday11abed and the cookieshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/today10.jpgtoday10i love children's drawings and paintings. no one does it like they do. these are right outside his workspacehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/today091.jpgtoday09i later took these three (among other works) to dar nur. these sold minutes after we displayed them. it sounds like i'm showing off about this, i'm not. i felt like they went before i was able to give them a proper farewell. it's hard to explainhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/today081.jpgtoday08two little bears sitting in chairshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/today061.jpgtoday06https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/today051.jpgtoday05here is a failed attempt at labeling. i drew eve on the wrong side of the sticker sheet. poop!2015-05-26T16:06:58+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/05/23/meet-amalie-and-agnes/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/amelie-feature.jpgamelie featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/amalie.jpgAmalieamalie and 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comment which sparked an ideahttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cards20.jpgcards20.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cards19.jpgcards19https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cards17.jpgcards17https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cards16.jpgcards16https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cards15.jpgcards15https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cards14.jpgcards14https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cards12.jpgcards12https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cards11.jpgcards112015-05-24T16:34:23+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/05/24/and-finally-fernanda-and-z/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fa-feature.jpgfa featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fz02.jpgfz02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fz01.jpgfz01https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fa40.jpgfa40feranda 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roomhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mai071.jpgmai07mai commands the roomhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mai061.jpgmai06i look at this little girl and i'm sure she will never forget maihttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mai051.jpgmai05mai introduces herself. someone's comment on facebook: eve!https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mai041.jpgmai04a tryst among the stacks between husband and wife2015-05-20T10:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/05/18/mai-al-nakibs-the-hidden-light-of-objects-reading-and-book-signing/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mai07.jpgmai07I spent a lovely morning with my dear friend mai al-nakib, whose award-winning book 'the hidden light of objects' is out in paperbackhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mai06.jpgmai06among her beloved books. i had a wonderful time this morning. there is nothing more enriching than a solid catch-up session with a good friendhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mai05.jpgmai05mai's home feels like parishttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mai04.jpgmai04like me, mai takes her silliness quite seriouslyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mai03.jpgmai03meanwhile, this eve explored the walls within mai's cherished worldhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mai02.jpgmai02like goldilocks, she tried the hard books and the soft ones, but loved these besthttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mai01.jpgmai01i brought along eve, who sat gracefully on the cushiony editions of mai's bookhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mai-q8-book-instagram.jpgMai - Q8 Book - InstagramHope to see you there!2015-05-18T17:56:19+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/05/15/eight-sketches-from-last-night/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sketchh.jpgsketchhhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sketchg.jpgsketchghttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sketchf.jpgsketchfhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sketche.jpgsketchehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sketchd.jpgsketchdhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sketchc.jpgsketchchttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sketchb.jpgsketchbhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sketcha.jpgsketcha.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sketch-feature1.jpgsketch feature2015-05-15T11:14:40+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/05/14/the-book-of-curtains-me-and-rui/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1014.pngIMG_1014rui's twitter page. i wish i could post 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got milk. we later head to the wellcome collection for the forensics exhibitionhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_8796.jpgIMG_8796we get out of bed pretty late this day, which makes us pretty hungry. brunch at the diner on gloucester roadhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_8784.jpgIMG_8784at the empire in leicester square we watched 'get hard'2015-04-06T20:49:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/10/27/secretary-opening-night-photos-by-mohammed-alkandari/2015-04-01T05:38:44+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/03/31/five-sketches-tonight/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/feature.jpgfeaturehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sketch-105.jpgsketch 105https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sketch-104.jpgsketch 104https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sketch-102.jpgsketch 102https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sketch-101.jpgsketch 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thoughhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/reem-08.jpgreem 08we see more when we walk. this reminded me of a staircase off the streets of cairo. photo by reem algharabalihttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/reem-06.jpgreem 06hello? *https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/reem-04.jpgreem 04the new lbo j'zazz shop. it's tiny but booming with character. and it's all lubnahttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/reem-03.jpgreem 03later on in the reem's 'secret calligraphy corridor' *https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/reem-02.jpgreem 02rushing back to pick up my wallet. i was in the car when i noticed my wallet was missing. of course i panicked. i called the restaurant and thankfully the guy i spoke to said that it was found but the lady who found it insisted she give it back to me. he gave me her number, i called her and it was settled. after i saw her (and gave her a huge bear hug) i wished her luck with their missing wallet. when reem and i left for cap, i got a call from the lady who said that they'd found her daughter's wallet. happy ending!https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/reem-01.jpgreem 01reem took this wonderful photo of this man who sold me the coin. i wish he had more info about his wares thoughhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lubna-balcony.jpglubna balconybye lubna!https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/j1109.jpgj1109reem freezing but not showing it. oh and thanks for letting me borrow your snuggly scarf, reemy!https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/j1107.jpgj1107i fell in love with this wall2015-01-12T08:15:49+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/01/09/the-book-of-curtains-secrets-without-words/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bpc41.jpgbpc41a couple from junehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/boc42.jpgboc42a couple from 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2015.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/gh36.jpggh36matt and a building with potentialhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/gh34.jpggh34on our walk back to the maritime museum, we found this. i wonder if this guy knows his photo is missing...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/gh32.jpggh32and later on at qout market, me and my fellow tourists matt and sarah. we saw so many people we know. my sister yasmine described it perfectly: like speed-dating but with people you know [and far less romantic]https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/gh31.jpggh31we tried to get matt to buy these wooden glasses for his white-man's eyes. the poor guy 'absorbed' too much sunhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/gh30.jpggh30me and mai. memai!https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/gh25.jpggh25we saw mai and adeebhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/gh23.jpggh23we finally eat!https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/gh21.jpggh21we finally eat!https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/gh20.jpggh20we finally eat!2015-01-04T17:38:23+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/01/02/new-old-painting/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/painting-feature.jpgpainting featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/np06.jpgnp06and possibly done. i prefer this dress to the other. we both dohttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/np04.jpgnp04nearly done. she didn't like the dress so we took a break before i exchanged her outfit for anotherhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/np03.jpgnp03sometimes i go into overdrive. the other day i bumped into one of my favorite kuwaiti artists. i asked him if he was still painting, sort of like i do, everyday. he was a little defensive about it and said, 'no, i'm not a factory'. i hadn't implied that either he OR i were a factory. and i was thinking: well, i draw/paint everyday and I'M not a factory. i felt his remark was a little unfair but i wasn't there to engage in a discourse about what constitutes a factoryhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/np02.jpgnp02this afternoon yet a new beginning2015-01-04T07:50:21+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2015/01/01/watercolor-sketchbook-first-days/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/first-days.jpgfirst daysfirst dayshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/first-days-07.jpgfirst days 07i love my little watercolor palettehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/first-days-05.jpgfirst days 05they are wishing each other a happy new yearhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/first-days-03.jpgfirst days 03colorful diversions this first dayhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/first-days-02.jpgfirst days 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postcards...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dh32.jpgdh32a cd of qanoun music by imane homsy on the inside of the back cover is a nice extra. i bought two copies of the book, one for me and one for my little nephew khaldounhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dh31.jpgdh31dar onboz used abboud's prints to illustrate his bookhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dh30.jpgdh30the ever animated nadine captivates her audience https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dh29.jpgdh29later on at biel, nadine touma reads from dar omboz's newly published book 'la souris', or 'the mouse'. the book is a fable in french and arabic by the late chafik abboudhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dh27.jpgdh27eve does some explorationhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dh26.jpgdh26.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dh25.jpgdh25hussein called us from the balcony to look at this 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:)https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ct37.jpgct37and finally (for today, i can see myself adding to this tree until i take it down) this card and ribbon from a gift i got last christmashttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ct36.jpgct36zainab's ornament, this beautiful facehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ct34.jpgct34like here. i decided to move this angel over to this wall. it looks so much better in its new locationhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ct33.jpgct33i bought this angel in germany seven years ago. i love everything about her. i added the rose stem to her left hand with a safety pin. the dried up stem is from a white rose once given to me by a very special personhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ct31.jpgct31yousef's drawing of 'poland ball'. he said it was a meme. everything goes on this treehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ct30.jpgct30i love this key. i found it while walking to my car with my dear friend david dobson. He was visiting for a few days and this key reminds me of those days. good times!https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ct29.jpgct29khaled's addition to our tree is this guy holding a sprig of mistletoehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ct28.jpgct28i keep adding new things to this corner and it's spilling out into other areas of the home2014-12-19T10:36:26+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/12/17/four-yuletide-drawings-tonight/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/skech-feature.jpgskech 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yum!https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1509.jpgIMG_1509https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1507.jpgIMG_1507https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1501.jpgIMG_1501and the end result. if utilized correctly, this mirror will yield an infinite supply of instagrams! #gamathafhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1488.jpgIMG_1488https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1481.jpgIMG_1481playing with mirrors on day sixhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1450.jpgIMG_1450inside richard serra, while the museum looks on outsidehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1446.jpgIMG_1446waiting for hameed the driver to arrive, ala and sat under a lovely rubber tree, the museum a picturesque 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hariri airport. i'd like an airport named after me. and it would abbreviate perfectly for the luggage tags: PGBhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image3.jpgimagethis mommy and baby reminded me of my sister-in-law j and her baby k. I wanted to get Tom and jerry I there too but I couldnt. 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reemyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/a03.jpga03two down two to gohttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/a02.jpga02a pond of ledgershttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/a01.jpga01safe and sound in the back seat of my carhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/diary-october-11-2014.jpgdiary october 11 2014.2014-10-11T13:22:19+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/10/09/four-sketches-about-airline-disasters/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sketchbook-feature.jpgsketchbook featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/canvas-503.jpgcanvas 503.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/canvas-502.jpgcanvas 502.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/canvas-501.jpgcanvas 501.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/canvas-500.jpgcanvas 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hershttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/laugh02.jpglaugh02dinner with Maysaa at PQ with glasses and magazines. i finally got to see the hard copy of this month's bazaar https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/laugh03.jpglaugh03dinner with maysaa at PQ (NOT starbucks booo!)https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/diary-october-8-2014.jpgdiary october 8 2014.2014-10-17T01:36:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/10/05/time-to-draw-those-little-red-circles-around-a-date/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ghadah-alkandari-secretary-invite1.jpgghadah alkandari secretary invitehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ghadah-alkandari-secretary-invite.jpgghadah alkandari secretary invite.2014-10-06T17:17:12+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/10/06/alphabet-soup-u-is-for-umbilical/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/u-is-for-umbilical.jpgu is for umbilicalU is for umbilical2014-10-06T16:43:44+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/07/20/me-in-the-past-but-present/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_8180.jpgIMG_8180https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ghadah-three.jpgghadah three2014-10-06T09:50:31+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/10/06/watercolor-sketchbook-eczema/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/watercolor-skin.jpgwatercolor skineczemahttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/watercolor-skin-03.jpgwatercolor skin 03https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/watercolor-skin-01.jpgwatercolor skin 01i always take my breakfast with a pinch of 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and the giant one https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/friday07.jpgfriday07oh nathanhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/friday06.jpgfriday06me and iber selfie like proshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/friday04.jpgfriday04and this one toohttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/friday03.jpgfriday03at jana and mo's teton sits obedientlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/friday02.jpgfriday02later on it was to my uncle's azza. this attracted my attention. i would have stolen it but that would've been inconvenient and criminalhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/friday01.jpgfriday01early this morning i drew some pictureshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/friday-05.jpgfriday 05me, mo and the world's largest family photohttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/diary-october-3-2014.jpgdiary october 3 2014.2014-10-03T15:00:53+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/10/01/in-bazaar-on-bazaar/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dress.jpgdressafter an exhaustive night of trial and error, i finally got the hang of it thursday morning. sleep does wonders for one's productivityhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dress08.jpgdress08this is one of mo's photos. i love it but i had something flatter in mind for the cover and i think i made the right choicehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dress07.jpgdress07https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dress06.jpgdress06my brother mo took some really good shots but they weren't very 'bazaar'. i did love them thoughhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dress05.jpgdress05later on my son's typewriter in the trunk of my mom's beemer. very classy indeedhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dress04.jpgdress04it was only half a dress. but it didn't matterhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dress03.jpgdress03i finally got it right thanks to the cardboard tubes i got from my toilet paper and paper towel rollshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dress01.jpgdress01i started by creating the patterns on the bodice using a sharpie markerhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ghadah-alkandari-bazaar-cover.jpgGhadah Alkandari Bazaar Covercover of october's bazaar magazine featuring dawnn karen, her pet typewriter, and eve2014-10-02T02:40:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/07/14/newsprint-pad-obsessing-and-compulsing-on-a-saturday-afternoon/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_45911.jpgIMG_4591or a secretary. sorry. an *administrative assistant*https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_4591.jpgIMG_4591https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_4584.jpgIMG_4584i love my clipboards. i know i've said this a million times before but if my life had gone differently, i would have very happily been some sort of a beaurocrathttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ocd-waiting-horse.jpgocd waiting horsethe waiting horse. i wanted to draw an actual horse but that required research and i really didn't want to be thinking on a saturday. and this turned out much better. i wish you could touch these 'works'. everyone should experience crinkly paper at some point in their liveshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ocd-tattoo-shirt.jpgOCD tattoo shirtthis tattoo shirt. you can see the indentations on the paper where i had written on the page before. so it's not wonder i love to draw. it's not the end, but the means to that endhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ocd-transcription.jpgOCD transcriptionwhen you get a strong, physical urge to write while completely relaxing your mind, you resort to being dictated to. in this instance by 'the guardian' newspaper. i just copied part of an article. i regard it as another form of painting from life, but i'm drawing the words for what they are rather than what they mean. does that make sense?2014-09-30T19:52:59+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/09/30/and-in-the-news-today/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ledger17.jpgledger17https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ledger16.jpgledger16https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ledger13.jpgledger13https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ledger12.jpgledger12https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ledger11.jpgledger11https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ledger10.jpgledger10https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ledger07.jpgledger07https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ledger06.jpgledger06https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ledger05.jpgledger05https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ledger04a.jpgledger04a2014-10-05T13:37:25+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/09/29/four-sketches-on-the-penultimate-day-of-september/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/canvas-feature.jpgcanvas featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/canvas40004.jpgcanvas40004.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/canvas40003.jpgcanvas40003.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/canvas40002.jpgcanvas40002.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/canvas-40001.jpgcanvas 40001.2014-09-29T17:49:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/01/27/muhawwil-transformer-by-monira-al-qadiri/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mq06.jpgmq06.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mq05.jpgmq05.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mq03.jpgmq03from left to right: my brother tareq, monira and her mother veteran kuwaiti artist thuraya al baqsamihttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mq02.jpgmq02qiyam il-lail. this is a mid-night prayer held at mosques in ramadan. you get tons and tons of points for performing this prayer, even if it means shirking your responsibilities the day after because you've been up all night. although i'm very cynical about these messages, monira partially created this piece as a whimsical homage to these suburban muralshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mq-01.jpgmq 01as naive as these drawings are, there is something almost lewd about them. to stay true to the artwork reflected on these transformer shells, Monira hand-painted them keeping a keen eye on their anatomical/physical faults. some she even humorously described as wahabi cubism2014-09-28T08:58:48+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/09/27/new-painting-the-centerfold-i/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/merger-06.jpgmerger 06like any well-organized secretary, she folds away neatlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/merger-05.jpgmerger 05https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/merger-04.jpgmerger 04https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/merger-03.jpgmerger 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workhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/diary-september-24-2014.jpgdiary september 24 2014.2014-09-24T09:56:24+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/09/22/tipsy-sober-confident-scared/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/lg021.jpglg02tipsyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/lg01.jpglg01soberhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/b01.jpgb01painting on paper was probably not the best ideahttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/b07.jpgb07a few days agohttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/b06.jpgb06seems like it's working but i'm still not happy with it and i can't really control my brush strokeshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/b05.jpgb05not the most comfortable positions, but i'm adamant to make it workhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/b03.jpgb03i know i've posted these before but i wanted everything neatly tucked into one post for nowhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/b02.jpgb02this morning it's back to workhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/b001.jpgb001lubna and i clean goodhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/b000.jpgb000my favorite works at CAP's 'talk love act peace' exhibition were these framed 'relics' by steve sabella2014-09-24T12:17:07+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/09/21/four-sketches-about-transient-love/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/feature1.jpgfeaturehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/canvas-30004.jpgcanvas 30004https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/canvas-30002.jpgcanvas 30002https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/canvas-30001.jpgcanvas 30001https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/canvas-3000.jpgcanvas 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kikihttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/adly-14.jpgadly 14a small one for her sister yarahttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/adly-13.jpgadly 13a little one for bev's daughter jazzyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/adly-06-pgb.jpgadly 06 pgbbeautiful hala. eve suits her so wellhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/adly-01.jpgadly 01drawing on skin is the second most satisfying thing to draw on after banana peelhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/september-12-2014.jpgseptember 12 2014.2014-09-12T13:51:21+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/09/11/four-sketches-for-anna/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/canvas-04.jpgcanvas 04https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/canvas-03.jpgcanvas 03https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/canvas-01.jpgcanvas 01https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/canvas-00.jpgcanvas 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cataloghttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ah-01.jpgah 01if we had a metro system, i can imagine these works there. we need a metro systemhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ah-07.jpgah 07charmaine taming ayesha al marta in the back room. this video can only be described as samry meets groovyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ah-05.jpgah 05some of the enamels used were bought from hardware stores. the artists chose colors actually used for common signage, pipings and even school buses (check out the school bus yellow above) https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ah-03.jpgah 03i love the screws here. they're not nails which make the whole experience even more jarring and a bit of torturehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ah-02.jpgah 02the distracted path. the show really starts off with this piece. it's not an easy work of art to look at. ali explained that the work represents two periods in kuwait's life: the past and the present. underneath are newspaper clippings from the 60s celebrating kuwait's economic and cultural boom. the thread symbolizes the destruction of these dreams, 'broken' and black. the video shows ali working on the piece by systematically constructing and destroying https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ah-04.jpgthe numb2014-08-28T13:15:36+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/08/11/girls-explore-eve-van-waterbearer-on-instagram/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_6172.jpgIMG_6172eve and her sisters eve rolling in the vitamin chttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_6181.jpgIMG_6181a pea and carrot bathhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_6177.jpgIMG_6177behind the sceneshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_6129.jpgIMG_6129at nino's last night. when she's indecisive she plays with the 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05precarioushttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dd-1-04.jpgdd 1 04yes i like ithttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dd-1-031.jpgdd 1 03good. good. beautiful. chin up. chin down.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dd-1-021.jpgdd 1 02we arrive at the mutla ridge. i'm so happy we managed to find a spot that i had in mind for the shoothttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dd-2-01.jpgdd 2 012014-08-14T08:21:49+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/11/19/looking-for-lost-keys-in-the-desert/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/gy-04.jpggy 04https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dd-depeche-mode-02.jpgdd depeche mode 02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dd-depeche-mode-01.jpgdd depeche mode 01https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dd-2-46.jpgdd 2 46david the explorerhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dd-2-51.jpgdd 2 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him and a model in the avenues magazinehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dd-day-2-03.jpgdd day 2 03alt-jhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dd-day-2-02.jpgdd day 2 02don't mess with my samboosahttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dd-day-2-011.jpgdd day 2 01because he said 'please'. i was gently coaxed by david to take a detour into the hamra shopping mall. i'd already been twice before but i figured he was the guest and i was the chauffeur/host/fixer. so i obliged2014-08-14T08:15:12+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/08/12/four-sketches-about-headlines-that-never-made-the-news-and-never-will/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/canvas103.jpgcanvas103.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/canvas102.jpgcanvas102.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/canvas101.jpgcanvas101.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/canvas-100.jpgcanvas 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alkandari } by night time we managed to hand one lantern. at this point, the tapestries were still on the groundhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_7292.pngIMG_7292faisal al fouzan } yes she does look a little like mehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_7293.pngIMG_7293faisal al fouzan } from where f standshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_7294.pngIMG_7294https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_7295.pngIMG_7295faisal al fouzan } in the photo room she's looking at youhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_7296.pngIMG_7296faisal al fouzan } faisal brought the girls outside. he had free reign over everything and i'm happy he felt at homehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_7298.pngIMG_7298faisal al fouzan } the triplicate bookhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_7300.pngIMG_7300gasper the truck driver } sitting in the truckhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_7301.pngIMG_7301me } waiting for the truck to arrive. yes it looked like i was moving home2014-08-11T14:30:08+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/08/08/zeri-crafts-notebook-gretels-folly/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/zeri-feature.jpgzeri featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/zeri-crafts-dropping-crumbs.jpgzeri crafts dropping crumbsgretel's folly2014-08-08T16:40:47+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/08/06/leporello-sometimes-life-is-more-manageable-in-sections-part-i/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/leporello-photo-01.jpgleporello photo 01i like the way this notebook stands on its own like this. it can set root anywhere, like a mobile homehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/leporello-image-02.jpgleporello image 02.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/leporello-03.jpgleporello 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my latest framed pieces. it was so good to visit her this morning. i needed to be out of the house and doing something constructivehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dd01.jpgdd01i wanted to offset the 214(b) photo with this one: my family and my eid lunch last week. i'm lucky that my son is leaving for a good reason, that he'll be going to the school of his choice, studying the thing he loves. i am thankful that he will have that opportunity and i'm so proud of him. but i'm still sad, and for once, being in my home is hell. i'm happier when i'm out https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dd04.jpgdd04the reason why my visa application was rejected and me on the phone with one person or another trying to figure out what to do the next time i apply. it was my mistake, i didn't have the right documentation (and perhaps life that allows me to be eligible). the hardest thing, however, was to decipher what part of my life i would need to change or justify or prove. i know for sure i had relevant papers missing, but surely they would have asked me to send them in via courier mail. since the 24th of july i've been racking my brain with the question: how do i 'significantly change' my situation? and to compound that i'm dreading saying good bye to my son. and i seem to have accumulated a heap of prior heart-break to keep me hurting for at least another six months. i know so many others have it much worse than i do, but this is my pain right nowhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/diary-august-3-2014.jpgdiary august 3 2014august 3, 20142014-08-04T08:14:47+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/07/31/seven-sketches-from-yesterday-and-the-day-before/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/canvas-sketchbook07.jpgcanvas sketchbook07.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/canvas-sketchbook05.jpgcanvas 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the breezeway, so naturally we decided to do some instagramming. this one is mine: reem as a kuwaiti groomhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/diary-june-13-2014.jpgdiary june 13 2014june 13, 2014https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/gr01.jpggr01finding a face in quinoa and peas. the restaurant gia is my favorite these days. i could eat there everyday and be happy2014-06-14T17:09:09+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/06/14/a-few-sketches-these-days/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/moleskine-06.jpgmoleskine 06thirty-onehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/moleskine-05.jpgmoleskine 05thirtyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/moleskine-04.jpgmoleskine 04twenty-ninehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/moleskine-03.jpgmoleskine 03twenty-eighthttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/moleskine-02.jpgmoleskine 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centerhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dd02.jpgdd02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dd01.jpgdd01https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/diary-may-13-and-14-2014-part-2.jpgdiary may 13 and 14 2014 part 2.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/diary-may-13-and-14-2014-part-01.jpgdiary may 13 and 14 2014 part 01.2014-05-14T07:48:21+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/05/12/dogs-cliffs-and-goldfish-mermaids/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/cap-011.jpgcap 01https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/cap-4.jpgcap 4i got this from the catalog. i wasn't thinking last night and didn't take a photo of one of my favorite pieces. mourad's work is so mythological and dreamy. here a school of goldfish mermaidshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/cap-031.jpgcap 03black wound } mourad's paintings are like rorschach tests. this one reminds me of mutla'a ridge up north, a rivulet, a herd of dogs. i love ithttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/cap-021.jpgcap 02reem and kevork mouradhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/diary-may-11-and-12.jpgdiary may 11 and 12.2014-05-12T06:47:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/05/11/five-sketches-in-between-cleaning/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/red-200.jpgred 200seventeenhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/red-201.jpgred 201sixteenhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/red-202.jpgred 202fifteenhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/red-204.jpgred 204fourteenhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/red-205.jpgred 205thirteen2014-05-12T05:40:53+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/05/10/happy-hard/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/diary-feature3.jpgdiary featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/diary-may-10-2014.jpgdiary may 10 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2014.2014-05-07T08:10:11+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/05/05/hour-drawing-two-eighth-hour/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hour-drawing-2-202.jpghour drawing 2 202end of hour eighthttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hour-drawing-2-201.jpghour drawing 2 201https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hour-drawing-2-200.jpghour drawing 2 2002014-05-05T08:52:58+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/05/04/keep/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/diary-feature1.jpgdiary featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/diary-feature.jpgdiary featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/diary-may-4-2014.jpgdiary may 4 20142014-05-04T11:58:25+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/05/04/eight-and-a-half-sketches-yesterday-half-a-sketch-today/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/red-12.jpgred 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yearshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/h-04.jpgh 04y https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/h-03.jpgh 03the ceiling of the temple of all faithshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/h-02.jpgh 02the lodge and koi pondhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/h-01.jpgh 01y taking photoshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/diary-may-3-2014.jpgdiary may 3 2014.2014-05-03T14:35:59+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/05/02/rain-shine-and-a-sprinkle-of-dust/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/diary-may-2-2014.jpgdiary may 2 2014.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/y.jpgymaybe herhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/f-and-me.jpgf and mehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_2400.jpgIMG_2400with the cathttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_7806.pngIMG_7806y and the flying 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should be funhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/cap-03.jpgcap 03the gates of the 'separation wall' are rarely open. somehow, there's a sad beauty to halawani's apocalyptic photographshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/cap-02.jpgcap 02i was mesmerized by rula halawani's 'gates to heaven'. they reminded me of photographs of nazi concentration camps. isn't that so tragically ironic?https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/cap-01.jpgcap 01taysir batniji's untitled (gaza walls) is the first installation you see when you walk into the 'keep your eye on the wall' exhibition featuring photographers taysir batniji, rula halawani, raeda saadeh, steve sabella, and kai wiedenhöferhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/cap-00.jpgcap 00zahra al-mahdi's 'intersections'. i've been looking forward to this because zahra has this morbid mind that appeals to my love for the 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occupies the museum entrance. I find such serenity in her work, despite the title of this exhibition: 'turbulence'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/q02.jpgq02the exterior of mathaf museum in doha. this'll be my home for a week. it'll house my exhibition for two months. my neighbors will be mona hatoum and etel adnan. how cool is that? for me, very!https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/q01.jpgq01because it's an eye saloon and will only ever be an eye saloon. i wondered if perhaps it made more poetic sense in arabic. it didn't2014-04-06T04:51:59+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/03/29/to-be-closer-to-her/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mh-06.jpgmh 06hairy backhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mh-05.jpgmh 05folliclehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mh-03.jpgmh 03the grandmother in mehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mh-02.jpgmh 02mona, you shed new light on hair. you make me want to do thishttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mh01.jpgmh01in an attempt to not get too close to hatoum's installation 'impenetrable' i nearly brushed my face against this one, here in her catalog: 'hair grids with knots'. I was so close to it that it actually came off the wall. so intricate and delicate. i wouldn't mind finding this sort of hair in my salad at a restauranthttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/diary-march-29-2014.jpgdiary march 29 2014.2014-03-29T13:06:36+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/03/28/airplane-timelines-qatar-airways-flight-qr1087-kuwait-to-doha-march-26-2014/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/777.jpg777https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/qatar-airways-to-doha.jpgqatar airways to doha.2014-03-28T08:02:51+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/03/23/its-happening/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/diary-march-23-2014.jpgdiary march 23 2014.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/image.jpegimagehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/image-7-e1395590484331.jpegimage (7)circular objects: a brooch i bought from paris eons ago, two blank cds a leaf i picked up outside the palms hotel and a lebanon bracelet from international day at a.s.k.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/image-6.jpegimage (6)not a name card...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/image-5.jpegimage (5)a name matchbox. isn't this the most adorable name card ever? oink!https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bb.jpgbbmy beloved bulletin board before its desecration. i knew it would be a difficult task to remove the objects from this board but when i began the actual removal process, the 'objects' became birthday cards, notes from friends, special name cards and things that only belonged on the board. they didn't belong in a box or a drawer. they had to be on the board. in an attempt to de-clutter, i was slowly and systematically destroying an object of comfort and security.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bb-05.jpgbb 05munira al qadiri's tragedy of self postcard and a photo of my father and me taken a decade agohttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bb-03.jpgbb 03a note that i hadn't really looked at until then. it made me cry. as did the many layers of birthday drawings to me by my childrenhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bb-02.jpgbb 02a quarter of the way through. ouchhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bb-01.jpgbb 01fake keys2014-03-24T17:46:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/03/22/happy-mommy-day/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/chalet-06.jpgchalet 06boy on a trampoline. clearly the trampoline was the highlight of my two-hour visit. by dusk i was ready to drive back home to peace and quiethttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/chalet-05.jpgchalet 05back on the trampoline, my sister and a little cousinhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/chalet-04.jpgchalet 04this is me and my fav aunt. my mom and her feet and my aunt who i don't consider an aunt because we used to play together when we were littlehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/chalet-03.jpgchalet 03finally on the trampoline but it was impossible to stay upright. the trampoline was on a slope, i was wearing socks and the kids were in the way. there were too many adults around to kick them offhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/chalet-02.jpgchalet 02how to get these kids off the trampoline so that my sister and i could play...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/chalet-01.jpgchalet 01three generations of mommies: my mom, granny and mehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0652.jpgIMG_0652z and i started the day with a mommy and daughter selfie. she's seasoned. i'm getting therehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/diary-march-21st-and-22nd-2014.jpgdiary march 21st and 22nd 2014.2014-03-22T06:36:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/03/19/in-triplicate-the-creation-of-unoriginal-artwork-58-the-hair/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/the-hair.jpgthe haircarbonized sistershttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/hair-03.jpghair 03https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/hair-02.jpghair 02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/hair-01.jpghair 01the hair } original in pencil, color pencil, and ballpoint pen2014-03-20T03:49:35+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/03/16/vee-t-and-dreams-of-buried-treasures/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mommys-feet.jpgmommy's feetmommy's feethttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0483.jpgIMG_0483https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/me-and-t.jpgme and tbaby t, who actually has an instagram account. no one has taught him to do a selfie yet so he has zero 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featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/diary-tuesday-february-4-2014.jpgdiary tuesday february 4 2014.2014-02-04T18:59:35+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/02/02/the-market-squares/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/diary-feature.jpgdiary featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_6979.jpgIMG_6979and pick up this giant lemon. 'do you come here often?'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_6972.jpgIMG_6972i run into hanaa at the markethttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/diary-february-2-2014.jpgdiary february 2 2014.2014-02-02T18:33:42+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/01/31/friday-flow/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/diary-january-31-2014.jpgdiary january 31 2014.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/diary-feature4.jpgdiary feature2014-01-31T15:50:01+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2014/01/30/new-painting-pond/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/post-08.jpgpost 08and this is the just-took-it-a-step-too-far stage. i've decided to stop and take a look at it laterhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pond-07.jpgpond 07going a little downhill but it will be fixed, i know ithttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pond-05.jpgpond 05my favorite 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one!https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pop-up-04.jpgpop up 04helping me with the pop-ups are these two books: one red dot by david a. carter and pop-up aesop by john harris and calef brown. i've also been learning from robert sabuda. not personally, unfortunately. but he has an amazingly helpful (and generous) website2013-12-05T19:06:51+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/11/30/sweet-and-sour/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/diary-feature2.jpgdiary feature.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/diary-november-30-2013.jpgdiary november 30 2013.2014-02-17T19:03:55+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/11/30/zeri-crafts-notebook-cinched-around-the-waist/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/zeri.jpgzerihttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/zeri-craft-notebook-08.jpgzeri craft notebook 08.2013-11-30T07:05:21+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/11/26/notes-doodles-waiting-on-a-daughter-and-a-horse/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/eques-02.jpgeques 02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/eques-01.jpgeques 01i will be 44 soon. it's a good thing because i prefer even numbers. the only odd numbers i like are single digits divisible by 32013-11-26T15:23:09+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/11/22/the-traveling-tap-four-current-location-beirut-lebanon/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_4087.pngIMG_4087aunty iqbal's home up on the mountain. oh. just realized my mom used the location button here! sorry, mama. i take back what i said...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_4090.pngIMG_4090ah moussa's castle, qalaat moussa. when we visited beirut a few years ago my son yousef loved this place the best. we had planned to go again together, just him and me as not to rush through. but we never did. it's nice to see my girls were there. thanks, amina, for this shothttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_4089.pngIMG_4089i love the colors in this photo, taken by my aunty maryam. i don't know why i am imagining some sort of a thelma and louise situation with my mom, aunties, cousins, tapestry and sometimes friends. they're all still in beirut, so we have yet to hear the storieshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_4088.pngIMG_4088that is my cousin sharefah taking a photo of the tap. i guess this is up in the mountain too. getting my mom to include the location is a failed causehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_4086.pngIMG_4086https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_4085.pngIMG_4085an extended family affair: this one was taken by my aunty aisha. here the tapestry is hanging from my parents' neighbor's home: aunty iqbal's house. aunty iqbal happens to be my sister-in-law jana's mom. are you still with me?2013-11-22T10:39:20+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/11/22/a-terrible-dream-kisses-life-back/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/diary-feature1.jpgdiary featurehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/diary-november-22-2013.jpgdiary november 22 20132013-11-22T08:05:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/11/21/three-sketches-three/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sketchbook-10.jpgsketchbook 10.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sketchbook-12.jpgsketchbook 12.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sketchbook-11.jpgsketchbook 11.2013-11-21T15:53:06+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/11/20/notes-doodles-a-s-k-parentteacher-conferences/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/muji-parent-teacher.jpgmuji parent teachermy notes get briefer the more i attend these 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2013.2013-11-10T19:15:08+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/11/09/marble-sketchbook-a-books-life-cut-short-last-three-sketches/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/marble-72.jpgmarble 72.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/marble-71.jpgmarble 71.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/marble-70.jpgmarble 70.2013-11-10T02:16:28+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/11/08/notes-and-doodles-nuqat-creative-conference-day-two/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nuqat-02.jpgnuqat 02.2013-11-10T17:06:53+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/11/08/the-astridghadah-exchange-a-week-to-three-hours-ago/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_3466.pngIMG_3466'in my shoes. her sister isn't into footwear though'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_3465.pngIMG_3465'she prefers to sit'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_3464.pngIMG_3464clickety 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2013.2013-11-06T02:11:08+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/11/02/what-will-or-wont-happen/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/diary-november-2-2013.jpgdiary november 2 2013.2013-11-06T02:09:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/11/04/splendid-splendor/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/diary-november-4-2013.jpgdiary november 4 2013.2013-11-06T02:07:48+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/11/02/in-triplicate-the-creation-of-unoriginal-artwork-50/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/canker-03.jpgcanker 03canker sore } in triplicatehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/canker-02.jpgcanker 02canker sore } in duplicatehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/canker-01.jpgcanker 01canker sore } the original2013-11-02T14:22:54+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/11/01/marble-sketchbook-seven-drawings-today/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/marble-37.jpgmarble 37.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/marble-36.jpgmarble 36.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/marble-34.jpgmarble 34.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/marble-33.jpgmarble 33.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/marble-32.jpgmarble 32.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/marble-31.jpgmarble 31.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/marble-30.jpgmarble 30.2013-11-01T13:24:23+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/11/01/the-astridghadah-exchange-two-days-to-six-hours-ago/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_3231.pngIMG_3231'the initiation. a bit of hazing tonight. the sisterhood isn't very easy to please.'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_3227.pngIMG_3227astrid: getting to know the locals...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_3226.pngIMG_3226astrid: happy halloween...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_3225.pngIMG_3225three ghostshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_3224.pngIMG_3224'the girls get into a bit of mischief and lock themselves in'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_3223.pngIMG_3223'say "good night", girls'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_3222.pngIMG_3222'the girls aren't shy at all'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_3221.pngIMG_3221astrid: look same chicken! *if you look at the previous post you will see that i have the same rooster, gifted to me by my friend reem. it's supposed to bring good luck*https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_3220.pngIMG_3220astrid: great great grandmother... kirstin comments: their noses are similar. feel the lines connectinghttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_3219.pngIMG_3219astrid writes, 'ghadah's women getting to know my ancestors during a visit to my parent's house in dublin.'2013-11-01T05:04:42+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/10/31/new-painting-five-companions-nearly-complete/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ghadah-and-her-companions.jpgghadah and her companionsme and my companions. they'll never hurt mehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/wip-11.jpgwip 11the penultimate childhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/wip-10.jpgwip 10https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/wip-09.jpgwip 09https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/wip-07.jpgwip 07https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/wip-06.jpgwip 06https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/wip-04.jpgwip 04https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/wip-02.jpgwip 02yesterday i finally got back to this painting. i don't like to let a painting fester for too long but sometimes it happenshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/wip-05.jpgwip 05sometimes i like to put my paintings in an environment they might be comfortable in2013-11-08T18:27:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/10/29/new-instagram-project-the-astridghadah-exchange/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_3124.pngIMG_3124and finally her/my girls are here now tonight. it still feels a little surreal to see these two ladies here on my desk. and exciting toohttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_3118.pngIMG_3118they tour the irish sky. they are so lucky to be there. i'll be living vicariously through themhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_3121.pngIMG_3121my girls arrived first. astrid's on the other hand. poor things they had a couple of connecting flights...sorry girls and sorry astrid!https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_3122.pngIMG_3122my girls say goodbye to the bougainvilleas https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_3120.pngIMG_3120final farewell. it's funny, this was planned but both astrid and i posted one photo of the girls before they were off to their new homeshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_3119.pngIMG_3119astrid packed her girls so thoughtfully. they traveled first classhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_3123.pngIMG_3123travel well, girls2013-10-31T10:56:07+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/10/28/pop-up-journal-to-home/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/pop-up-01.jpgpop up 01i have two and a half pages so far. i am so excited about thishttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/pop-up-02.jpgpop up 02tools of the pop-up trade. i have no idea how to create a pop-up, but you can learn to do anything thanks to that magical invention called the world wide web 2013-12-17T14:54:04+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/10/27/marble-sketchbook-six-sketches-yesterday-and-today/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/marble-sketch-16.jpgmarble sketch 16.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/marble-sketch-14.jpgmarble sketch 14https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/marble-sketch-13.jpgmarble sketch 13.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/marble-sketch-021.jpgmarble sketch 02.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/marble-sketch-10.jpgmarble sketch 10.2013-10-27T09:06:19+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/10/25/the-bumblebee-spree-the-el-adly-family/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/bumblebee-ahmed.jpgbumblebee ahmedahmed. ahmed is hala's husband and kiki's dad. this bee was intended for hala and ahmed's son yousef, but somehow dad got there firsthttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/bumblebee-hala-01.jpgbumblebee hala 01queen beehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/bumblebee-kiki.jpgbumblebee kikikiki and the beehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/bumblebee-ghadah.jpgbumblebee ghadahbefore they were beeshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/bumblebee-original.jpgbumblebee originaljust for fun and curiosity i placed this lady in one of my plant pots a few weeks ago. i decided that she may have had enough of being in the sun surrounded by insects and soil. i placed her in my palm and watered her down. she melded so nicely to my skin and thus the idea was bornhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/bumblebee-hala-02.jpgbumblebee hala 02hala2013-10-25T16:37:10+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/10/24/notes-doodles-palestinian-cultural-center-winter-exhibition-planning/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/palestinian-exh-notes-october-2013.jpgpalestinian exh notes october 2013.2013-10-24T04:32:23+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/10/23/the-traveling-tap-4-current-location-bangkok-thailand/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2953.pngIMG_2953this one i took in london. she was peeping into my sister's bedroom in the apartment we were staying at on sumner place, south kensingtonhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2952.pngIMG_2952nelli's family home in galwayhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2951.pngIMG_2951a church in galway, irelandhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2950.pngIMG_2950the girls hanging in the lobby of the four seasons hotel in 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five favorite things in my room top l-r: 'kafka on the shore' by haruki murakami. this book changed me-for the better and for the worse. I used to read this in my university's park and used fallen leaves as bookmarks. must have read it over thirty times. i totally recommend it! 'oh! my god! i miss you.' postcard set and 'a to z artbook by nara yoshitomo. anything created by this artist never fails to amaze me. my best friend-and occasional painter-bedour khalid got the artbook for me on my birthday last year. the postcard set was given to me by artist friend mohammed al muhanna sometime last february. both collections are inspiring and juicy. they make me hungry for pencil and paper! 'the tao of poo and the te of piglet' by benjamin hoffman. after reading a friends' copy, I had to get my own! it's a beautiful work of prose and play on the classic 'winnie the pooh' story. and yeh, you could assume that i'm very much attached to the teaching of taoism. second row l-r: polaroids. mostly of my friends and me. we're a noisy bunch! fluff animals. been with me through the hard times as a kid. i can't let go of old friendshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/5-i-am-wolf-i-am-woman.jpg5- i am wolf i am womani am wolf i am womanhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/3-too-close.jpg3- too closetoo closehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/1-a-story-of-girl-meets-cat.jpg1- a story of girl meets cata story of girl meets cathttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/4-heaven-is-on-my-face.jpg4- heaven is on my faceheaven is on my facehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2-stuck-in-cats-hair.jpg2- 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doppelgangerhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/y003.jpgy003her skirt reminds me of lebanese painter fatma al-sawan's paintings. i find it very difficult to paint patterns, but once i got into this particular print i really enjoyed the rhythmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/y002.jpgy002most comments were that she looks like a cartoon character. famous toons range from veronica lodge and wonder woman to snow whitehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/y0011.jpgy001my new camera is less than spectacular. it doesn't capture the strokes like my old camera did.2013-09-06T07:09:32+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/09/05/in-triplicate-the-creation-of-unoriginal-artwork-42-43/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/in-triplicate-the-idea-03.jpgin triplicate the idea 03https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/in-triplicate-the-idea-02.jpgin triplicate the idea 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messhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ninkys-gift-4.jpgninky's gift 4prussian blue is one of my favorite hues...of bluehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ninkys-gift-3.jpgninky's gift 3from the very beginning this drawing took on an ecclesiastic tone and i left it at thathttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ninkys-gift-2.jpgninky's gift 2since then i have met naz three times in london, so it's only befitting that i open these precious bottles now, and drink to herhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ninkys-gift-1.jpgninky's gift 1last october i received these little bottles of gold, silver and bronze acrylic from my now very special friend naz. at the time, i hadn't even met her. nazira, thank you for my private olympian moment!2013-09-05T09:17:30+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/08/30/new-painting-eve-blue/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/np-09.jpgnp 09she has a mole on her liphttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/np-05.jpgnp 05close up. and guess what...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/np-03.jpgnp 03finally she felt righthttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/np-02.jpgnp 02it took me a while to be happy with her face. if it wasn't her lips, it was her eyes or her nose https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/np-011.jpgnp 01it took me a while to be happy with her face. if it wasn't her lips, it was her eyeshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/np-01.jpgnp 01coming along but i was very annoyed with the face. i think all my women go through a homely phasehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/np-08.jpgnp 08starting to take shape. i missed doing my 'geometrical' faces so decided to go with thathttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/np-06.jpgnp 06then this. i don't know what this 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process is gruelinghttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/lino-face-12.jpglino face 12five o'clock shadowhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/lino-face-11.jpglino face 11but this time i stuck to one cutter and tried my best to keep the lines in the same direction more or lesshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/lino-face-10.jpglino face 10i started off the same way i did yesterday with the first blockhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/lino-face-09.jpglino face 09https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/lino-face-08.jpglino face 08https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/lino-face-07.jpglino face 072013-08-02T13:18:31+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/08/02/once-the-aurora-borealis-now-falling-frogs/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/diary-august-1-and-2-2013.jpgdiary august 1 and 2 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emergeshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/yogi-01.jpgyogi 01https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/yogi-04.jpgyogi 04ironically, 'stretch' isn't stretched so i'm not sure what i want to do with it. i also find it funny that without realizing (i did it for the color contrast) i lay it down on my exercise mat. this is as far as i went with my stretches this afternoon2013-06-06T16:05:39+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/06/06/lying-in-a-bed-of-simple-words/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/diary-june-6-2013.jpgdiary june 6 2013june 6, 20132013-06-06T14:02:38+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/06/05/t-s-o-m-a/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ghadah.jpgghadahsometimes i fancy myself a draftswoman. i hate to draw my face but i was the only available model last 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to alleviate somethinghttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/big-bosom-woman-05.jpgbig bosom woman 05and here she is done. i'm not crazy about her but she needed to be 'done'. but unfortunately, i still feel like shit insidehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/big-bosom-woman-04.jpgbig bosom woman 04oh i like this too. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/big-bosom-woman-02.jpgbig bosom woman 02i like this stage. i think it's my favorite of all. but i just didn't want to leave the painting this wayhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/big-bosom-woman-01.jpgbig bosom woman 01i found this tiny canvas that i may have used a few years ago to paint on with my leftover acrylicshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/large-busted-woman-in-semi-repose.jpglarge-busted woman in semi-reposelarge-bosomed woman in semi-repose, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 25 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sketch 33another fuck up. but i like ithttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/blue-sketch-32.jpgblue sketch 32i asked him what he wanted her to be holding in her left hand. he said, 'a giant flower'2013-05-31T09:47:09+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/05/31/heart-of-mold/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/diary-may-31-2013.jpgdiary may 31 20132013-05-31T09:26:21+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/05/30/new-painting-joint-custody/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_5532.jpgIMG_5532all their eggs in one baskethttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_5530.jpgIMG_5530https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_5529.jpgIMG_5529https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_5528.jpgIMG_5528softhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_5526.jpgIMG_5526and who they becamehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_5522.jpgIMG_5522what it was...2013-05-30T16:03:23+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/05/29/words-self-2/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/may-29-for-blog-4.jpgwithout2013-05-29T04:30:18+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/05/25/summers-little-quandaries/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_5427.jpgIMG_5427lali and me at noor's. this painting is one my earlier works from 2007. it hangs in her dining roomhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_5061.jpgIMG_5061these are the two pictures i have finally framed and taken to noor. these will be taken to dar.nur tomorrowhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/diary-may-25-2013.jpgdiary may 25 20132013-05-25T15:06:36+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/05/19/bring-on-the-seagulls/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/diary-may-19-2013.jpgdiary may 19 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park, both the taxis and shuttle took cash only. but lucky for us we met raj the taxi driver, who kindly offered to take us if i paid to fill his cab with diesel. it's not so much a tremendously exciting story as it is a cautionary tale and a demonstration of human ingenuity (basically 'thinking outside the box'. thank you, raj!)https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_0083.jpgIMG_0083on the train ride back, a girl and her giant bubblehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_0050.jpgIMG_0050at thorpe park, a man and his giant bananahttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_0010.jpgIMG_0010this morning i'm ready to go out. it's so cold outside it hurts your skin and zaps your energyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_9979.jpgIMG_9979later on that day we see the london eye, but it doesn't see us. we'll go tomorrowhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_9942.jpgIMG_9942catching (and missing) a shothttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_9941.jpgIMG_9941from feathers to fur, hopefully fauxhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_9940.jpgIMG_9940not a place for those with a bird phobiahttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_9984.jpgIMG_9984these seagulls just hover boldly in front of people they suspect have a little snack for them. i actually saw a one-legged seagull. i think i was too mesmerized to take a photohttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_9982.jpgIMG_9982we have millions of pigeons in kuwait but not fat ones like this. and not ones that mingle with swans2013-04-06T14:23:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/03/28/a-little-chair-for-a-special-little-boy/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_9622.jpgIMG_96222013-03-28T17:33:03+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/03/25/art-dubai-2013/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/art-dubai-17.jpgart dubai 17youssef nabil signing his eponymous book https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/art-dubai-161.jpgart dubai 16https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/art-dubai-16.jpgart dubai 16i was more interested in the instagrammical factor here than the work itself. this genre does not appeal to me at all, but it lends itself to infinite interpretation which is what i likehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/art-dubai-15.jpgart dubai 15yi hwan kwon's running boy and girl. these were so bizarrely distorted. i was quite fazed by them. i still don't understand what makes them so visually disturbinghttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/art-dubai-13.jpgart dubai 13i just love yasam sasmazer's sculptures. to me they embody our childhood fears, or perhaps courage. one or the other. the other night i saw the former but today it's the latterhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/art-dubai-12.jpgart dubai 12ehsan ul haq's 12 donkeys, https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/art-dubai-11.jpgart dubai 11this lovely man caught my attention. i was so transfixed by him i forgot to note the artist's name. i guess it doesn't really matterhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/art-dubai-08.jpgart dubai 08pistol. i don't think i can ever tire of seeing objects swallowed whole by shiota's carnivorous stringhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/art-dubai-07.jpgart dubai 07i felt so lucky standing this close to shiota's work (i'd love to see her larger installations). this is one of the privileges of having a fair like art dubai so close to home: the opportunity to be in the presence of genius like thishttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/art-dubai-06.jpgart dubai 06thank you, art dubai, for this. i've always loved chiharu shiota's haunting works. here a chair in charming decay2013-03-25T11:22:50+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/03/24/new-chair-on-sunday/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/new-chair-10.jpgnew chair 10https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/new-chair-08.jpgnew chair 08https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/new-chair-06.jpgnew chair 06https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/new-chair-05.jpgnew chair 05https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/new-chair-04.jpgnew chair 04https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/new-chair-03-e1364144143159.jpgnew chair 03https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/new-chair-02.jpgnew chair 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mamahttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_8234.jpgIMG_8234donehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_8231.jpgIMG_8231but so worth ithttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_8226.jpgIMG_8226this was a bit of a pain...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_8218-e1363421292771.jpgIMG_8218branching out. this was influenced by a movie i'd watched the night before: the tsunami and the cherry blossomhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_8215.jpgIMG_8215separated at birthhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_8212.jpgIMG_8212https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_8237.jpgIMG_82372013-03-16T23:03:34+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/03/15/missing-the-hims-missing-the-hers/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/diary-and-desktop.jpgdiary and desktophttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/diary-march-15-2013.jpgdiary march 15 20132013-03-15T08:56:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/03/04/kiss-cut-the-exhibition-my-photos/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_8138.jpgIMG_8138https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_7541.jpgIMG_7541lastly, the lady with the pink hair. this is jana with haya alissa, who, along with ibrahim, ran the show. big hug, hhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_7535.jpgIMG_7535jghttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_7546.jpgIMG_7546my beautiful cousin shareefah and her doppelganger paintinghttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_7542.jpgIMG_7542yasmina https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_7539.jpgIMG_7539j and mehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_7537.jpgIMG_7537jana in my worldhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_7530.jpgIMG_7530.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_7529.jpgIMG_7529citizen. these two pieces were done at the height of my devastation (one of the heights, last last two and a half months have been a series of highs and lows). i had one song on repeat, over and over and over. fortunately i'd be home alone otherwise i imagine my kids would have thrown me out and broken my computer. the song is 'citizen' by broken bellshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_7519.jpgIMG_7519.2013-03-11T06:53:09+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/03/08/kiss-tell-hanging-with-the-girls-at-tilal/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/after-tilal-with-h.jpgafter tilal with hand afterhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tilal-with-h-before.jpgtilal with h beforebefore 'the reveal' 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took my sweet time with this one. and i enjoyed playing with ithttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_5874.jpgIMG_5874i'm not sure if i posted this one earlier, but i changed it. it's one of those works that was a bit of a thorn in my side because i just wasn't sure about it. i mean, i didn't like it but was convincing myself that i did. i am SO GLAD i decided to work on it today. this has made me a happier duck!https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_5872.jpgIMG_5872i can't believe i'm so close to being done. two months ago i was still lost as to what i wanted to show in march. i'm almost done. i can't believe it2013-02-16T04:48:42+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/02/10/kiss-cut-the-scroll/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_5606.jpgIMG_5606liquid goldhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/img_5607.jpgIMG_5607of course there must be some horsing 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Kiss&Cut 2page 1https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ghadah-alkandari-kisscut-01.jpgGhadah Alkandari Kiss&Cut 01page 22013-02-08T07:04:14+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/01/31/kiss-cut-sin-and-release/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_4158.jpgIMG_4158the release 31/1/13, (actually i just realized the date today is palindromic so i've removed the comma to make it part of the title), 2013, carbon and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 120cmhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_4159.jpgIMG_4159the only fishie in the sea for mehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_4160.jpgIMG_4160sin, january 31, 2013, carbon and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 120cm2013-01-31T14:10:55+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/01/31/kiss-cut-how/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_4146.jpgIMG_4146...and the next i'm this2013-01-31T11:58:27+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/01/30/what-is-contemporary-about-contemporary-art-by-kate-busby/2013-01-30T06:40:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/01/29/kiss-cut-inverse-and-obverse/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/striped-inverted.jpgstriped invertedalthough i feel like i've uncovered a hidden message by inverting the image, the mystery is gonehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/striped.jpgstriped2013-01-29T16:05:10+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/01/25/airplane-timelines-qatar-airways-flight-133-from-kuwait-to-doha/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20130125-102044.jpg20130125-102044.jpg2013-01-25T07:47:19+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/01/23/a-dollop-of-red-saves-the-day/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_1317.jpgIMG_1317https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_1945.jpgIMG_1945the second and third panels. every two 'pages' form a spread in my 'journal'. you can't believe how excited i am about this. i just wish i thought of it earlier!https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_2399.jpgIMG_2399and me2013-01-23T16:28:52+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/01/15/kiss-cut-the-cuts-page-from-a-journal-january-13-14/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/january-13-14-detail.jpgjanuary 13 + 14 detaildetail of page january 13 and 14https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/january-13-14.jpgjanuary 13 + 14first page complete. i was so happy with this i flew to the stationary shop and bought fourteen more canvases! https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/in-the-beginning.jpgin the beginningin the beginning2013-01-17T06:33:28+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2013/01/13/kiss-cut-the-kisses-second-four/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/selective-hearing.jpgselective hearingselective 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paper2013-01-16T11:35:01+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/12/14/preparing-for-an-exhibition-in-march-number-three/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_8466.jpgIMG_8466they and their jealous ghostshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_8464.jpgIMG_8464mass murder tonighthttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_8439.jpgIMG_8439https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_8437.jpgIMG_8437https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_8436.jpgIMG_8436little sister makes her appearancehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_8431.jpgIMG_8431carbon sunhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_8434.jpgIMG_8434the operating tablehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_8435.jpgIMG_8435looking out the windowhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_8430.jpgIMG_8430a bit of 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sadhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/photo-51.jpgphoto (5)the guest acquire faceshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/photo-31.jpgphoto (3)soldiershttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/photo.jpgphotothe unhappy party, mourning a birthday gonehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/photo-1.jpgphoto (1)khaled in my pjs with my girls2012-12-11T05:27:59+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/12/01/election-day-again/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/december-1-2012.jpgdecember 1 20122012-12-01T10:20:44+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/11/29/jamm-art-auction-tonight/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/jamm-art-auction-0120.jpgJAMM Art Auction - 01202012-11-29T14:19:42+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/11/22/the-traveling-tap/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_6414.pngIMG_6414the traveling tap 2 } currently in california with biancahttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_6413.pngIMG_6413the traveling tap 2 } with my sister yasmine. it was so windy that day she nearly flew off the balconyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_5970.jpgwith biancathe traveling tap 2 } at my home with biancahttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_6412.pngtt1https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_6411.pngninky'shully gully. i don't want to know how ninky did this. ninky was the first instagrammer to come to mind when i had the idea to send my girls off into the world. i hadn't really attempted to take my tapestries out and photograph them in public. but i did that last week and high props to ninky for managing this!https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_6410.pngthe traveling tap 1 } ninky3 in cairoin a funky boutique, also in cairo. i'm glad she got to spend a substantial stretch of time there. i love 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ownhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/heartblog3-1.jpgheartblog3-1gutshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/heartblog2-1.jpgheartblog2-1things starting to get a little chaotic. i stopped attempting to rearrange the bags after the first hour. it was hopeless to do sohttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/heartblog1-1.jpgheartblog1-1armyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/heartblog-1.jpgheartblog-1these photos were taken by my brother, mohammed. in this picture is the reflection of the gallery. my son, k, is reading one of the notes. look how neat and organized the bags are. the corkboard is almost bare2012-11-15T09:16:13+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2010/11/13/prettygreenbullet-exhibition-photosmohammed-alkandari/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pgb141.jpgpgb14tareq https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pgb56.jpgpgb56ghostly. i think this is my favorite photo of them 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photo 01last minute chat, not long enough https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/faisal-instagram-07.jpgfaisal instagram 07the requisite foot photohttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/faisal-instagram-06.jpgfaisal instagram 06cobalt, bronze and gold. symmetry is good toohttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/faisal-photo-06.jpgfaisal photo 06sandwichedhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/faisal-instagram-05.jpgfaisal instagram 05repetition does it for me every single time, every single timehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/faisal-instagram-03.jpgfaisal instagram 03this makes me want to take a plunge in my parents' poolhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/faisal-photo-03.jpgfaisal photo 03pinkhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/faisal-instagram-02.jpgfaisal instagram 02i just realized. i know where this is. i've been meaning to stop by istanbul in salmiya for a 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mehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_1762.jpgIMG_1762she's lost her cranium and her mind has decided to go out shopping for the day. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_1828.jpgIMG_18282012-10-07T15:52:18+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/10/05/an-apology/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/work-the-new-one.jpgwork the new oneand this morning a new onehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/work-rugby.jpgwork rugbythe one with the ballhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/work-g-and-the-painting.jpgwork g and the paintingsee? here i am working on my third tapestry. so be patient with mehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/work-number-22.jpgwork number 22number 22https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_1512.jpgIMG_15122012-10-07T04:46:06+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/10/02/three-sketches-last-night/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/spiral-sketch-03-over-her-shoulder.jpgspiral sketch 03 over her shoulderhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/spiral-sketch-02-pointy-dress.jpgspiral sketch 02 pointy dresshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/spiral-sketch-01-triplets.jpgspiral sketch 01 triplets2012-10-05T12:59:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/10/01/new-ink-used-ideas/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_0179.jpgIMG_0179brown. this ink is quite bizarre. it writes in gray which transforms into brown when it's dry. a little disconcerting but beautiful nonetheless!https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_0176.jpgIMG_0176i've decided to be smart about this bottle and place it in this finjan (coffee cup) when using it. i'm a genius like thathttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/diary-october-1-2012.jpgdiary october 1 2012thank you, nazira hanna, for your gift. nazira is one of my favorite instagrammers. check out her pictures @ninky3https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_0166.jpgIMG_0166yum! i still have the plastic bag and crumpled up paper bag these bottles of ink came in. i love that ninky based part of this gift on a comment i left on one of her photos. the little brown ink bottle, here like a baby cradled in its three-segmented mom's arms, was something i had asked my italy-bound instagram buddies to bring back for me since i so unceremoniously dropped my only sepia ink all over my desk a year ago. i just can't thank her enough for the thought that went into this2012-10-01T10:19:02+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/09/25/flora-and-fauna/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_0021.jpgIMG_0021me and herhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_0015.jpgIMG_0015i love patterned fabrics. so i decided to visit the fabric souq and by a few meters of flowered material to paint on. the best thing is that when i'm done with a piece, i just fold it and tuck it away2012-09-28T12:34:35+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/09/27/tapestry-her-balloons/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_0190.jpgIMG_0190half of her balloonhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_0278.jpgIMG_0278this is what my table looks like now. i must say, a pleasant-and pretty-surprisehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_0266.jpgIMG_0266i've finished my second tapestry. i'm not showing them here until i have them photographed properly, after my show in november2012-09-27T06:23:26+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/09/22/peace-one-day-global-truce-2012-art-exhibition/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dop-10.jpgdop 10i thought these were really pretty before i knew who painted them. when i read the name on the label i was delighted to discover that they are suhaila al-najdi's works. funny because once i found out they were hers, i immediately observed that the shape of the trees was very much like the way she paints her women's busts. the colors are distinctly hers too. i traveled with suhaila al-najdi, thuraya al-baqsami and amira behbehani to paris in 2006 to exhibit at the institut du monde arabe and we had a blast! i still have suhaila's curlers which she lent me to get that 'puffy' hair look. i think if she weren't an artist she would have definitely been a hair stylist. https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dop-8.jpgdop 8coohttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dop-5.jpgdop 5reem outside the CAP warehousehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dop-7.jpgdop 7faisal alfouzan , aka faisalthef, as in: faisal the f, one of my favorite instagrammers. and also a bold photographer who goes where no kuwaiti has gone before: the pits of jleeb al-shuyoukh, the dregs of kuwait city and the run-down 'bachelor pads' of the bangladeshi men who are here to pick up after ushttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dop-9.jpgdop 9one of four of farah behbehani's letters spelling out 'truce'. one of the main reasons i went last night was to view farah's work. her piece became the emblem for kuwait's installment of 'peace one day'. i just wish it weren't up on stage. but i can understand why the organizers would find it such a coveted position for what i believe is the strongest work there.https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dop-6.jpgdop 6the regal amani althuwaini and her workhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dop-3.jpgdop 3it very well may be. tareq al-sultanhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dop-4.jpgdop 4mohammed almohanna's work is quite fittingly exhibited alongside thuraya's. r loved his piece the best but it was already soldhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dop-2.jpgdop 2my girl thuraya. i finally met my thuraya lynn. well, she's not really mine but she's one of those precious people i have tucked neatly in a small ikea box in my ikea chest of drawers. i finally got to meet her, having never even spoken on the phone beforehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dop-1.jpgdop 1'ahava' by fessal rajab2012-09-22T08:00:53+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/09/17/in-triplicate-the-creation-of-unoriginal-artwork-36-the-dancing-sugar-twins/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/the-dancing-sugar-twins-trip.jpgthe dancing sugar twins tripthe dancing sugar twins in triplicatehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/the-dancing-sugar-twins-dup.jpgthe dancing sugar twins dupthe dancing sugar twins in duplicatehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/the-dancing-sugar-twins-orig.jpgthe dancing sugar twins origthe dancing sugar twins original2012-09-17T18:17:54+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/09/15/white-on-black-a-gaggle-of-girls/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/white-on-black-girls.jpgwhite on black girlsa gaggle of girls2012-09-15T14:35:35+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/09/12/alphabet-soup-o-is-for-pleasure/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/o-is-for-pleasure.jpgo is for pleasureO is for pleasure2012-09-12T15:28:00+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/09/07/the-marriage-certificate/2012-09-10T09:39:40+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/09/08/lanterns-9-10-complete/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/paintbrush.jpgpaintbrushmy glue brush is diseasedhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_7967.jpgIMG_7967preparing some heads for the jugglinghttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_7847.jpgIMG_7847she danceshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_7845.jpgIMG_7845the juggler's headhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_7843.jpgIMG_7843https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_7820.jpgIMG_7820being circus-likehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_7818.jpgIMG_7818number #9 girlhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_7816.jpgIMG_7816working on lantern #9 } the tissue bleeds and it looks like i bleed with ithttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_7969.jpgIMG_7969lantern #10 } the jugglerhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_7834.jpgIMG_7834lantern #9 } girl and her balloons2012-09-17T09:30:11+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/09/05/white-on-black/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/black-on-white-02.jpgblack on white 02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/black-on-white-01.jpgblack on white 012012-09-05T10:23:48+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/09/03/lanterns-5-6-complete-yellow-and-brown/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_7117.jpgIMG_7117and where there's work there must be playhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_7100.jpgIMG_7100the brown one. i haven't named these two yet. i'll find it between now and novemberhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_7405.jpgIMG_7405the yellow one is the latest of my lanterns. i don't like it when people tell me my works remind them of someone else's, but a dear friend of mine said they reminded him of terry gilliam. not terry gilliam's DRAWINGS, but terry gilliam. and i found that very happy-makinghttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_7383.jpgIMG_7383https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_6808.jpgIMG_6808she...https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_6806.jpgIMG_6806...and she2012-09-06T06:32:05+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/08/30/in-triplicate-the-creation-of-unoriginal-artwork-35-apple-and-a-bell-shaped-fruit/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/apple-and-fruit-trip-inv.jpgapple and fruit trip invhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/apple-and-fruit-trip.jpgapple and fruit tripin triplicatehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/apple-and-fruit-dup-inv.jpgapple and fruit dup 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planets and my three supernovashttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_6623.jpgIMG_6623and here it is complete. i really need to get the electric cables for these lanternshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/lantern-4-close.jpglantern 4 close2012-08-25T04:27:26+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/08/21/in-triplicate-the-creation-of-unoriginal-artwork-34/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/four-girls-trip.jpgfour girls tripfour girls in triplicate. i'm retiring this sheet of carbon paperhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/four-girls-dup.jpgfour girls duphttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/four-girls-original.jpgfour girls originalfour girls originally twohttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/four-girls-inverted-trip.jpgfour girls inverted triptriplicatehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/four-girls-inverted-dup.jpgfour girls inverted duphttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/four-girls-the-accident.jpgfour girls the accidenti accidently used the wrong shortcut for this and ended up inverting the image which turned out so damn cool! i'm excited about it anyway. so i decided to invert the duplicate and triplicate and share them here2012-08-22T04:15:03+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/08/20/alphabet-soup-n-is-for-needles/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/n-is-for-needles.jpgn is for needlesN is for needles2012-08-20T17:43:14+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/08/17/lantern-3-complete-planet-swim/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/lantern0305.jpglantern0305a cluster of prettyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/lantern0304.jpglantern0304finally donehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/lantern0303.jpglantern0303https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/lantern301.jpglantern301my girls wait to be shornhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/lantern0302.jpglantern0302i completed my third lantern today and i'm quite gratified. i have twelve more to go. i enjoy working on the girls but the initial task of gluing on the base is a pain in the neck, literally and not2012-08-17T13:20:22+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/08/14/three-sketches-on-a-doggy-filled-tuesday/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sketchbook-nude-and-not.jpgsketchbook nude and nothttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sketchbook-pocket.jpgsketchbook pockethttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sketchbook-the-hanging.jpgsketchbook the hanging2012-08-14T13:08:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2011/09/20/new-paintingcontinued/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/two-03.jpgnot too shabbytwo women hanging. not too shabbyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/two-01.jpgtwo twotwo women close uphttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/two-02.jpgtwo women and dancers2012-08-13T09:41:22+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/08/13/homes-schmendricks-house/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/a0gluqecuaaclj9-jpg-large.jpegA0GluqeCUAAclJ9.jpg-largemy painting at 'schmendrick's house'. the ladies have been named agnes, matilda and bob. i'm hoping that last one's short for roberta2012-08-20T18:09:08+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/08/12/in-triplicate-the-creation-of-unoriginal-artwork-33/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/i-think-triplicate.jpgi think triplicatei think triplicatehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/i-think-dup.jpgi think dupi think duplicatehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/i-think-orig.jpgi think origi think original2012-08-12T05:36:45+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/08/10/she-and-me/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/20120810-230458.jpg20120810-230458.jpg2012-08-10T20:07:03+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/08/08/lanterns-1-2/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/lanter-05.jpglanter 05lantern two complete. thirteen to gohttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/lantern-04.jpglantern 04https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/lantern-03.jpglantern 03lantern one complete. flirting here with the apple girlshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/lantern-02.jpglantern 02evil evehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/lantern-01.jpglantern 01drawing a face. i'm enjoying creating these images much more than my original lantern where i was using all the 'wrong' materials2012-08-08T07:10:22+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/08/06/in-triplicate-the-creation-of-unoriginal-artwork-30-31-32/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/artiste-03.jpgartiste 03artiste in triplicate same as beforehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/artiste-02.jpgartiste 02artiste in duplicate same as beforehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/artist-01.jpgartisteartiste original in red ballpoint penhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/trip-letter-03.jpgtrip letter 03letter in triplicate same as beforehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/trip-letter-02.jpgtrip letter 02letter in duplicate using blue previously used carbon paperhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/trip-letter-01.jpgtrip letter 01letter original in red ballpoint penhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/trip-dalal-03.jpgtrip dalal 03https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/trip-dalal-02.jpgtrip dalal 02https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/trip-dallal01.jpgadult dalaladult dalal original in red ballpoint pen2012-08-06T14:24:53+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/08/05/when-youre-stuck-at-your-parents-without-your-beloved-tools/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_5582.jpgIMG_5582you 'borrow' your nephew's coloring book and crayons2012-08-05T21:26:39+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/07/31/satellite-people/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/diary-july-31-2012.jpgdiary july 31 20122012-07-31T19:52:27+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/07/29/postcards-red-chair/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/postcards-red-chair.jpgpostcards red chairred chair, 2012, watercolor, ink and collage on paper, 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collage and pencil on paper, 10 x 15cm2012-07-27T14:32:00+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/07/26/in-triplicate-the-creation-of-unoriginal-artwork-26-27/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/big-hat-trip.jpgbig hat tripbig hat in triplicate using the black carbon paper from 'neck'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/big-hat-dup.jpgbig hat dupbig hat in duplicate using the blue carbon paper from 'neck'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/big-hat-orig.jpgbig hat origbig hat original in ballpoint penhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/neck-trip.jpgneck triphttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/neck-dup.jpgneck duphttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/neck-orig.jpgneck origneck. original in pencil and ballpoint pen2012-07-27T06:24:00+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/07/25/a-tribute-from-a-daughter-to-her-father/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_5096.jpgIMG_5096i was honored to be given the job of drawing a portrait of dr. alnaqeeb, here with his wonderful noteshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_5092.jpgIMG_50922012-07-25T10:38:14+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/07/25/six-postcards-on-wednesday-morning/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/postcard-eleven-homes.jpgpostcard eleven homeseleven homes agohttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/postcards-the-curiosity.jpgpostcards the curiositythe curiosityhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/postcards-little-sister.jpgpostcards little sisterthe youngest onehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/postcards-height.jpgpostcards heighthow tall am ihttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/postcards-family-balloon1.jpgpostcards family balloonfamily balloonhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/postcard-twinkle-lights2.jpgpostcard twinkle lightsgigi and the twinkle lights2012-07-25T07:28:56+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/07/23/the-camouflaged/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/camouflaged.jpgcamouflagedthe camouflaged, july 23, 2012, bic ballpoint pen on newsprint, 21 x 29.5cm2012-07-25T05:52:25+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/07/23/four-postcards/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/postcards-girl-ghost-flower.jpgpostcards girl ghost flowerthe girl the flower and the ghosthttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/postcards-falling-in-the-city.jpgpostcards falling in the citythe cityhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/postcards-crooked-sleep.jpgpostcards crooked sleepcrooked sleephttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/postcards-surfer-chick.jpgpostcards surfer chicksurfer chick2012-07-23T04:35:50+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/07/20/the-story-of-finding-something-you-werent-looking-for/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_4923.jpgIMG_4923and there you have it: the story of finding something you weren't looking forhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_4918.jpgIMG_4918my morning loot. i'll take this over a charger any dayhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_4917.jpgIMG_4917lastly, cathy's notes. i won't be displaying them here. every note had it's little plea not to tell anyone ever. and this is ever. so i'm not giving anything away, chttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_4916.jpgIMG_4916school photos of friends and various others. this is all i had. i'm sure many kids had way more than this. and this was over a couple of years. let's just say i was highly selective (actually many of these people were just acquaintances). cathy is on the top right hand cornerhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_4915.jpgIMG_4915this is the letter; a 'birthday gift' to me. it was written on a blue sheet of official embassy paper. notice it's the embassy of malaysia and not kuwait. back then, kuwait and egypt did not have official diplomatic ties because of egypt's peace accord with israel, so our presence was there under the malaysian governmenthttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_4914.jpgIMG_4914this came as a shock to me. these photos were covered by some notes and that picture of jolly saint nick and me. this is my dadhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_4913.jpglocker combinationwhen i locked this box, i knew that the next time i saw these things would be in kuwait. little did i know that it would be over twenty years later. this little card gave me my first dose of painful nostalgia. i still have nightmares about forgetting my locker combination, and those dreams fill me with a yearning to go back to those days. to think that the last time this was open i was just eighteen...well, it's quite emotionalhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_4912.jpgIMG_4912me and santa (c. '87) on the right and cathy's notes on the left. buttons in the middle. to this day, i can't throw away spare buttons, long after the corresponding piece of garment has been discardedhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_4911.jpglove heartsa lot more stuffed than i'd remembered. what's under the valentines?https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_4910.jpgIMG_4910perfect fit and a perfect click of a treasure chest unlocked. the last time this box was open was in my room in doqqi, cairo back in 1988. the only contents i remember it holding were the notes my best friend cathy used to write to me in high school2012-07-23T04:32:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/07/19/four-postcards-today/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/postcards-highest-stage.jpgpostcards highest stagethe world's tallest, smallest stagehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/postcards-passport-control.jpgpostcards passport controlpassport controlhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/postcards-pledge.jpgpostcards pledgepledging allegiancehttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/postcards-supervised-visit.jpgpostcards supervised visitsupervised visit2012-07-20T05:32:01+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/07/18/packing-for-dar-nur-bye-bye-girls/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/orange.jpgorangemango and the girlhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_4718.jpgIMG_4718au revoir, my little pumpkinheadshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_4725.jpgIMG_4725hi-ho hi-hohttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/wrappers-02.jpgwrappers 02being swaddledhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_4711.jpgIMG_4711for months i'd been looking for these canvas rolls. and for ages i'd forgotten about the tiles i'd hidden. tsk tskhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/wrappers-01.jpgwrappers 01the storm before the calm. my place resembled a wrapping factory. the men were very efficient and took great care handling the ladieshttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_4717.jpgIMG_4717bachir: you do fine arts? me: yes. i did these bachir: yes, but do you do fine arts? me thinking *this is as fine as i can make them :(*https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_4688.jpgIMG_4688cheeky girl can't keep her eyes off. behave!https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_4685.jpgIMG_4685yay they're here! getting the paperwork out of the wayhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_4678.jpgIMG_4678one last look while laying down on my couch. now all i'm left with is a mango-colored wall2012-07-19T07:03:09+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/07/15/postcards-books-in-the-garden/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/postcards-books-in-the-garden.jpgpostcards books in the gardenbooks in the garden, 2012, watercolor and collage on paper2012-07-15T17:12:45+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/2012/07/14/in-duplicate-the-creation-of-unoriginal-artwork-14-15-17/https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dup-3-dup.jpgdup 3 dup#17 duplicate. although this was a straightforward transfered using a new sheet of black carbon paper, i had folded it so i got an image on both sides. i've done that a hundred times before but on this particular copy i like the way the right face on the right page is a little faded and 'scratchy'https://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dup-3-orig.jpgdup 3 orig#17 original. the face on the left is so annoyinghttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dup-2-dup.jpgdup 2 dup#15 duplicate. here you can see how the stripes from #14 transfered through to this page. check the details on the face and the collar areahttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dup-2-orig.jpgdup 2 orig#15 originalhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dup-1-dup.jpgdup 1 dup#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 originalhttps://ghadahalkandari.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dup-1-orig.jpgdup 1 orig#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 aflutter2012-07-14T05:54:47+00:00monthlyhttps://ghadahalkandari.comdaily1.02025-05-06T15:41:50+00:00