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new series|new painting|nothing titled or thought through enough yet
Posted on March 24, 2011 3 Comments
After finishing Stories of Eves, I felt an overwhelming sense of aimlessness. There was, however, still the exhibition to look forward to. But after the opening, while shuffling my children, the gallery and nursing what felt like a stomach bug, I thought of something a visitor to my show suggested: my girls dancing. I didn’t […]
painting on a sad, rainy day
Posted on March 12, 2011 Leave a Comment
I don’t know if it’s the rain (I do cherish this kind of weather, but perhaps not for too long), or if I miss my children, or I have the misfortune of dealing daily with unprofessional, inconsiderate fuckers, but I’ve been pretty maudlin all day. I don’t think it’s the rain. And at the […]
eve passes a note
Posted on February 2, 2011 Leave a Comment
I think she’s finished. I put a note in her hand because her expression and intent gaze reminded me of how as children, in class, we would focus on the teacher’s face while subtly flicking the note to its intended recipient.
eve’s giant face|from new untitled work
Posted on January 31, 2011 Leave a Comment
Her changing face.
Gallery Tilal|Stories of Eves|Six Eves Play Hide-and-Go-Seek
Posted on January 26, 2011 4 Comments
As a child, I always played hide-and-go-seek with a little trepidation and absolutely no sense of fun and game. How could anyone enjoy a game where you had to hide in a lonely, isolated place while someone sought you out? It’s far from pleasant. As for the seeker, how terrifying and just as existentially creepy. […]
In My Studio this Morning|Two New Paintings, Two I’m Working on & One About to be Done
Posted on January 23, 2011 Leave a Comment
I love Sunday mornings; just coming out of the weekend, everyone’s either at work or the malls, and I’m here in my space, enjoying some time to myself. And some time with my girls.
New Painting|Six Eves Play Hide-and-Go-Seek
Posted on January 21, 2011 3 Comments
I started this painting yesterday morning. I decided to make it a landscape format rather than portrait because the canvas is too tall for my easel. That was the easy step. I then thought: hmm, why don’t I actually paint a landscape. The only time I’d ever painted a landscape from life was in Madrid, […]
Gallery Tilal|Stories of Eves|The Fitting*
Posted on January 18, 2011 6 Comments
This painting is a little jarring on the eyes, but sometimes I feel I have to step out of my comfort zone a little. I felt that the lines emanating from behind her, although at first a playful way to cover my canvas, became very necessary as they complemented her unsettling gaze. To quote just […]
Gallery Tilal|Stories of Eves|Eve Plays Tek Too*
Posted on January 17, 2011 4 Comments
*Tek Too is the Kuwaiti pronunciation of ‘take two’. I would never dream of pronouncing it otherwise. It’s a card game my family is very keen on playing. Everyone plays, all ages and as many people as willing to play. It can be quite competitive and has on one or two occasions nearly caused […]
Struggle in the Studio|Ghadah Vs. Eve
Posted on January 16, 2011 4 Comments
Two of the three paintings I’m currently working on are giving me hell. If I could, I’d punch them both and get it over with. I’m struggling to get them out of the rut they’re in. But I know we’ll all pull through. Trust and patience.
gallery tilal|a cupful of eves
Posted on January 5, 2011 4 Comments
The title of this painting changed from A Bowlful of Eves to A Cupful of Eves. These things happen sometimes.
eve & me
Posted on December 29, 2010 1 Comment
My brother, Tareq, was over for lunch this afternoon. After we ate I saw him clicking away at his phone. Then he asked me, “Ghadah, do you have a painting of Eve at her computer?” and I said yes. Then he showed me a photo he had taken of me a couple of months […]
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