Recent Painting
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My Beautiful Mother 2016 Painting and screen-printing on canvas 72" x 144" This painting is made after a Moroccan Minnesotan with special love for her home traditions. Her St. Paul home is full of beautiful Moroccan cushions, tiles and tea sets. Starry eyed and with quivering voice, she described her late mother. This inspired the Madonna like painting where she is the little girl looking in awe to her goddess-like mother. |
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Mother Hafsa, (may Allah be pleased with her) 2014 Acrylic on paper on plywood. 16 x 24 inches - 41 x 60 cm. This is a study to a larger print depicting one of Prophet Muhammed's wives, Hafsa, daughter of Omer, writing the Qur'an. There is no Islamic tradition of figurative depiction of holy figures, therefore I have made my own image of Mother Hafsa. Her attribute is that she had kept a copy of the Qura'n until her death. The larger print is part of an installation titled " The Great Mother of Islam" where seven of P. Muhammed's wives were depicted in an enclosed space. |
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She Thinks She Makes Art 2013 Acrylic on plywood. 16 x 16 inches - 41 x 41 cm. This is a study to a future print planned for 2016. This painting portrays my moments of self doubts and comments on what contemporary Arab art is, if there is such a thing. |
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The Story of The Cloack
2012 - work in progress. Acrylic on paper on plywood. 48 x 48 inches - 122 x 122 cm. "People of the House" of prophesy of Islam, Fatimah ( peace be upon her), her father, Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) her husband Ali and her two sons Al-Hasan and Al-Husain. Gabriel is bringing them a message from God. I had repeated this painting in shades of gray acrylic on fabric and used in in the installation: Fatimah: Queen of Heaven. To read the story of the cloak: click here |