Black and White Painting
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The Bluest Eye: Self-Portrait with Blue Eyes
2020 Gesso, gouache and gold leaf on construction paper 22” x 26” Hexagon This is an homage to Toni Morrison’s novel. As Covid19 forced me into social Isolation it inspired a new self-examination, reacquainting and rediscovering myself. Covid-19 also revealed to the whole humanity the extent and the depth of social inequality. In those moments I identified with Pecola Breedlove in Morrison’s novel, The Bluest Eye. |
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Home 2018 Painting and screen-printing 23" x 23" Self-portrait with fragments of geometric deign prints on canvas. |
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Homage to Goya
2014 Acrylic transfer and paint on plywood. 23 x 36 inches - 58 x 90 cm. After drawing in ink on paper I transferred the drawing onto plywood and painted on top with acrylic. The form of this painting is inspired by La maja desnuda by Goya. The woman here is meant to be Hind Bint Utbah with her poetry in between her two portraits. |
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Flower of Paradise زهرة الفردوس
2013 Acrylic on fabric 35 x 43 inches - 89 x 109 cm. Painting on white fabric, I used acrylic shades of grey and gloss medium. The painting represents Fatimah Al zahra, Prophet Muhammad's daughter as a baby surrounded by her three sisters, Zainab, Umm Kulthoum amd Ruqqayah. The son and the half moon represent their parents, Muhammad and Khadijah. This painting is part of the installation: "Fatimah: Queen of Heaven" |
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Mother of Imams أم الأئمة
2013 Acrylic on fabric 49 x 56 inches - 125 x 142 cm. Painting on white fabric, I used acrylic shades of grey and gloss medium. The painting represents Fatimah Al zahra, Prophet Muhammad's daughter as a mother with her two sons Al-Hasan and Al-Husain. This painting is part of the installation: "Fatimah: Queen of Heaven" |
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Story of the Cloak حديث الكساء
2013 Acrylic on fabric 49 x 80 inches - 89 x 203 cm. Painting on white fabric, I used acrylic shades of grey and gloss medium. The painting represents Fatimah Al zahra, Prophet Muhammad's daughter standing in the middle holding a large decorated scarf as a tent hoovering over her family members: her father on the right pointing up to her and her husband and two sons on the left. Gabriel is seen to the right of the family holding a paper with Qur'anic writings with his right hand. This painting is part of the installation: "Fatimah: Queen of Heaven" |
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