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new old painting
Posted on January 2, 2015 2 Comments
Sometimes I start a painting and leave it for a while. A few weeks or months later I begin another painting on top of that one, and again I stop. This is my fourth painting on this canvas since April. I had a feeling this one would stick, and it did. I’m very happy with […]
my fifteen for 2014
Posted on December 31, 2014 Leave a Comment
Is it officially a tradition if this is the second time you do something on the anniversary of the last time you did it? Well, I’m going to call it a tradition, just as next Christmas my children and I will have gained a tradition of putting up a Christmas tree, because we put up our […]
butchering schiele
Posted on November 29, 2014 1 Comment
A couple of weeks ago, a friend and I visited the Egon Schiele Radical Nude exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery. One of the ways you can tell I really love a collection is if it makes me want to go home and draw or paint. And this one did. Of course I wouldn’t even dream about […]
watercolor sketchbook } the twenty
Posted on October 29, 2014 Leave a Comment
Listen to Army Dreamers by Kate Bush.
secretary } opening night photos by mohammed alkandari
Posted on October 27, 2014 1 Comment
Listen to Amazed by Poe Finally my brother Mohammed’s long-awaited photos from Secretary opening night. I love that he shoots in black and white, and when he shoots in color it’s always so vibrant. I can’t thank him enough for always being so supportive. Big hug.
new paintings } the centerfold II and III
Posted on October 17, 2014 7 Comments
After painting my first two Centerfolds, I decided that they would seem a little out of place in my upcoming exhibition. So I scrapped work on the third (and originally fourth) painting. Yesterday my dear friend Mai visited the gallery and asked me where they were. I told her that I felt they were superfluous and irrelevant. To […]
new ‘painting’ } the centerfold I
Posted on September 27, 2014 Leave a Comment
The closest thing I’ve ever come to feeling in love without being in love is this. I’m excited, giddy, nervous and I’m laughing out loud because I’m happy. I wasn’t sure where I was going with this one but I think it’s finally worked and I’ll use it for my upcoming exhibition. Which means I […]
today i made a t-shirt for my nephew and i think i will make some more
Posted on August 12, 2014 Leave a Comment
My nephew Mahmoud saw a shirt I had painted a while ago and said that he would like one. I was so flattered by his request that I couldn’t help but oblige him. Listen to Eez-eh by Kasabian
my friends & me } eve & drala
Posted on April 11, 2014 Leave a Comment
One of my favorite things to do is collaborate with my friends. A few days ago I got an email from my college friend Davina ‘Deeni’ Pallone. She was wondering if my eve would like a play date with the fishies in her latest paintings. Of course I said ‘yes’. You can see Deeni’s work here: davinapallone.com. […]
new painting on valentine’s day
Posted on February 14, 2014 Leave a Comment
I started this painting three days ago and am really, really happy with it despite the morbid title (or perhaps because of it).
new painting } pond } complete
Posted on February 9, 2014 Leave a Comment
So a face invariably shows up when I least expect it, especially when I’m trying my best not to paint one. I just can’t help it I guess. I have to say I am finally happy with this painting.
new painting } pond
Posted on January 30, 2014 1 Comment
It pains me to say that I have completely lost interest in painting faces (and figures by extension). I’ve been struggling with this for weeks now. My heart just isn’t in it anymore. Is this some sort of a reaction to something? I don’t know. I don’t know what the thing is, nor what the […]
new painting on friday } the five others
Posted on November 25, 2013 Leave a Comment
You can safely say that I spent last Friday painting like it was my last day on earth. My children had been home from school the previous week and I had the Palestinian Cultural Center exhibition set up the next day. For weeks I had been planning to paint a sister to this painting I did […]
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