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New Painting|Still No Name
Posted on September 3, 2010 Leave a Comment
Not finished yet but I’m hoping soon. My new camera is crap.
New Painting|Untitled Yet
Posted on August 22, 2010 3 Comments
To use the term of the decade, this video was a total fail (cross the bridge for the video, I changed things around a bit). But I thought I’d post it anyway because it’s kinda clutzy like me. And it actually has a few informative seconds if you filter out the mistakes, pauses and technical […]
Homes: Peter Duckett|Ma’adi, Cairo
Posted on June 7, 2010 10 Comments
What a journey. About a month or two ago, my high school Spanish teacher, Mr. Duckett, e-mailed me. He liked my painting, Drum, and was interested in buying it. Of course I mentally jumped up and down with joy because it’s always great to find a home for my girls. I immediately, however, crashed because […]
Cultural Re-Expressions Revisited|The Miniatures
Posted on June 5, 2010 4 Comments
A week ago, I got a call from Dr. Tim Sullivan. He said he liked my paintings from the 2004 Cultural Re-Expressions exhibition, but that his walls in Utah weren’t big enough for the large-scale works. So he commissioned me to make smaller ones. Tiny ones, to be exact. Tiny for my big, fat fingers. […]
A Portrait of Yasmine Alkandari
Posted on May 26, 2010 3 Comments
Y this morning. I’m really enjoying the skirt and will work some more on her crazy top. It just needs to be tweaked here and there.
A New Portrait
Posted on May 12, 2010 8 Comments
A few days ago I was commissioned to paint a portrait. It’s a scary thing, but I am just starting to enjoy it. I know I still haven’t captured the spirit of this young woman but I know I will. I can’t wait til it’s done. I just hope she will happy with it x
Art Lesson at the G
Posted on May 10, 2010 4 Comments
Last summer I was asked by Eman Elshareef if I would give her art lessons. I was quite hesitant at first because I’d always thought of teaching as a highly respected vocation, necessitating great patience, a good connection with the pupil and a strong ability to instruct effectively, characteristics none of which I possessed. Somehow […]
Ghadah|Complete & Abridged
Posted on May 3, 2010 5 Comments
I posted this earlier but I’m lucky for having very honest friends who said the previous slideshow was kinda long and boring.
Woman
Posted on May 2, 2010 3 Comments
I’m forty years old and still fertile. And with this fertility comes a monthly trial, an emotionally and physically trying nuisance. It’s difficult to imagine the goings on in my womb, the breaking of the lining as if by tiny bundles of TNT, the flow of blood from my pipes and the disaster which ensues. […]
A New Painting|May 1 PM
Posted on May 2, 2010 4 Comments
I don’t think it’ll be too long before I finish this one. And I still don’t have a name for it. I’ve been listening to a lot of Elbow while painting it. Maybe something from their songs although I don’t like to be too literal or derivative when naming my paintings.
Fairuz
Posted on April 28, 2010 Leave a Comment
Please remember that Fairuz is on display at the Boushahri Gallery for a week. The gallery is located in Salmiya, Baghdad Street, Building 36. Park your car in the back, there’s usually lots of space. If you’re walking, you can go straight through the side door (by the camera store). Morning hours are 10am-1pm, evening hours […]
A New Painting|April 25 PM
Posted on April 25, 2010 2 Comments
I started a new painting today. A white canvas is always daunting and I HATE starting new paintings. But somehow with this one, especially because it came after Fairuz, I felt quite refreshed and liberated. I think I’m going to enjoy this lady.
Fairuz Has Left the Building
Posted on April 25, 2010 12 Comments
Fairuz has finally made it to the Boushahri Gallery where she will be on display for about a week. If you’re interested in giving her a visit, the gallery is located in Salmiya, Baghdad Street, Building 36. Park your car in the back, there’s usually lots of space. If you’re walking, you can go straight through […]
Proof That I’m Still Working On Fairuz
Posted on April 19, 2010 5 Comments
I know it’s been a while since I posted anything on Fairuz. She has been giving me hell but I think we’re approaching completion. My paint-drenched fingers are crossed. So I’m hoping by the weekend we’ll be done. Hopefully before, it depends on how she behaves.
Homes:Shatha & Qatami Al-Qatami
Posted on April 12, 2010 5 Comments
This morning I visited Ophelia. I have never done this before, just visited a painting of mine in it’s own right. It took my breath away when I spotted it as soon as I walked through Shatha Al-Qatami’s front door. But my first glimpse of Ophelia was through a mirror, which is what took me […]
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