but this is cubist

finished this one up last night, drove me crazy, way out of my comfort zone.
im not normally a very disciplined painter, i like having my space and splashing color, so geometry is pulling teeth. this was planned to the tinest detail.

oddly enough, will definatly do more teeth pulling ;)

color me free

I've been basically staring at this finished painting for the past week or so. khalas, your time's up. off my easel!

*acrylic

Layla

posting this piece slipped my mind.

If you've been following you know by now im crazy about Qais layla poems. Naturally there's no competing with the Majnoon's first hand accounts, still Bahraini poet Qassim Haddad does it so beautifully.
The poem i used here's one i particularly love "aan Qais" from Haddad's book "Akhbar Majnoon Layla"

عن قيس
عن الهوى يسكن الدار
عن شاعر صاغني في هواه
عن اللون والاسم والرائحة
عن الختم والفاتحة
كنت مثل السديم استوي في يديه
هداني إليه
برئت من الناس لما بكاني إليهم
زها بي وغنوا الأغاني بأشعاره
فما كان لي أن أقدر هل أشعلني أم طفاني
سأقول عن قيس
عن جنة بين عيني ضاعت
عن هواء أسعف الطير واستخف بنا واصطفانا
عن كلما هم بي تهت فيه
وباهيت كي نحتفي بالمزيج
غن العشق تلتاع فيه الحجاز
ويشغف في ضفتيه الخليج
سأقول عن قيس
عن حزنه القرمزي
عن الليل يتبع خطاه الوئيده
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*Acrylic

the watercolorist in me

16.5*22.5 inch


- Doing this piece so wetted my appetite for large watercolors.
Sometimes I'd do a watercolor and think I really could give up other forms of media for this.
Seems there's a watercolorist locked inside who needs more space. to paint & to grow.

Frida

it's been a while since ive felt inspired.

* work in progress

universal ain/ عين كونية

never got around to posting this piece finished.

*acrylic on canvas

ع

عين

i was studying the letter ain today & thought why not give my marbled paper a try!

this i'd like to do on a larger scale

The good the bad & the ugly

-I haven't painted for a while and have missed it dreadfully.

It feels so good to be back at it.

- the bad & the ugly are time-lines in the 'no painting' zone.

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60×60 cm

Acrylic on canvas