Filed under: The Book of Traffic Lights & Other Observations | Tags: bowl cut, ennui, four door, Kuwait, light, mugabe, porsche, rulers, strength, t-shirt, traffic, women
four doors on a porsche? i don't think so
Filed under: In a Parallel Plane, The Bspot | Tags: bait lothan, children, feeding, Kuwait, love, puppy, seals, surrealism
seals in kuwait
I was walking from my car to Bait Lothan the other day and my eye caught this. I did a double take. Seals in Kuwait. As I marveled at my luck in accidentally discovering these creatures, a wayward puppy seal came over and tugged at my pant leg. I thought, she must be hungry. So I threw my empty water bottle at her and she gobbled it up like a good little girl.
Every now and then I drive past my secret Kuwaiti seals and throw a treat or two for their ravenous mouths to feed.
Filed under: Contemporary Art Auction 2010, Eventful, Jana & Iber, Rants & Raves | Tags: ahmed alsoudani, ali talib, art, auction, collective, contemporary, farideh lashai, group, jamal abdul rahim, jamm, Kuwait, lamya gargash, mohammad rawas, nabil nahas, reza derakshani, roya farassat, shirin ghandtchi
the question i was asked most was, 'ghadah, where's YOUR work?' it's right here. in the window.
So last night was the big viewing I was looking very forward to. I didn’t want this to be a rant, but. It’s going to be a rant. It started with physical tears upon seeing my beloved painting behind a tinted-blue display window, and mental ones before falling asleep at night. (more…)
Filed under: Experimentation, Fashionistas, Ghadah the Poser, The Bspot | Tags: crate, dismantle, foam, improvisation, Kuwait, planks, poser, recycle, reuse, theatre, wood
so unassuming
A few days ago I received some of my paintings and drawings from The Third Line gallery in Dubai. The crate which carried my paintings weighed 65 kilos. The smaller one was much lighter but also heavy. To facilitate disposal, I decided to dismantle the crate piece by piece. The wood and foam were in excellent condition so I called my friend, H and asked if she wanted to come by and see if she could use any of it. (more…)
Filed under: Name Cards | Tags: alkandari, auction, black, business, cards, charity, ghadah, ink, invite, jamm, name, pen, sketch, viewing, white
one for you, one for you and one for you
Tonight is Jamm’s February 17 charity auction viewing. Whenever there is a major event, and I remember, I like to prepare some name cards to distribute. Today I made a very generous and optimistic ten because I am becoming extremely more picky these days about who I give my number out to.
Filed under: Fashionistas, Sketchbook, Sketchbook Twenty Ten | Tags: book, brothers grimm, chair, exercise, fashion, gretel, hansel, ink, jane fonda, Kuwait, mirror, pen, reading, Sketchbook, style, the sartorialist
page 68. murder
Filed under: The Book of Traffic Lights & Other Observations | Tags: accident, amputee, assassination, australian crawl, baqala, bombs, disaster, hariri, india, Kuwait, musings, news, observations, people, pune, reckless, surfers, trash, valentine's, waiting, waves
the saints are dancing over the atmosphere
Filed under: Fashionistas, Sketchbook, Sketchbook Twenty Ten | Tags: 1980s, beach, bucket, fashion, ink, jail, Kuwait, pail, pen, Sketchbook
page 65. sometimes we're inappropriately dressed
Filed under: Step By Step, Teddy Bee | Tags: acrylic, chair, charity, Kuwait, painting, paper airplane, Teddy Bee
the card players
Filed under: Sketchbook, Sketchbook Twenty Ten | Tags: alexander mcqueen, design, fashion, Kuwait
there was so much left in you
Filed under: Step By Step, Teddy Bee | Tags: acrylic, black, cat, charity, colorful, Kuwait, painting, Teddy Bee
crazy colors i'm tempted to keep
Filed under: Fashionistas, Sketchbook, Sketchbook Twenty Ten | Tags: bag, canonball, capitalism, circus, consumer, dog, execution, fashion, fate, ink, Kuwait, pen, pet, sale, vest, walking
page 61. paper bag life
Filed under: The Book of Traffic Lights & Other Observations | Tags: fairuz, musings, observations, traffic light, writings
real red (and one day well-read) leather
My friend, H, gave me this book months ago. It was lovely because she just dropped by my studio with an impulse gift. Well, two gifts. But this is the relevant one: a gorgeous, leather-sorry, cows-notebook with recycled paper (see? offsetting).
Caveat: This is not a diary. But after writing and sharing every day for my other recently deceased blog, I became addicted to jotting down mundane thoughts, ideas and observations. So I will begin again because it excites me and I love scribbling mindlessly about everyday stuff.
Promise to myself: This is not a diary. It will not take away from my time with the people I love or my work. There will be minimal (and only if absolutely necessary) references to myself and the people I love. (more…)
Filed under: Sketchbook, Sketchbook Twenty Ten | Tags: chair, circus, cushion, fall, found, ink, Kuwait, loss, modesty, pen, seat
precious
Filed under: Notes & Doodles | Tags: designs, doodles, embroidery, gift, handmade, Kuwait, notebook, notes, palestinian culture center, stitch
i found this notebook just ten minutes ago. it's one my friend reem algharabali gave me years and years ago
Filed under: Step By Step, Teddy Bee | Tags: acrylic, card players, cat, interior, janjifa, Kuwait, love, painting, stairs, stuffed bear, Teddy Bee, wrestlers
the bustle begins. keeping it in the spirit of teddy bee
Filed under: Paintings, Step By Step | Tags: apple, eden, fall, Kuwait, painting, paradise, process, sin, snow white, Step By Step, temptation, wallpaper
snow white before the apple, 2009, acrylic and oil pastels on canvas, approx 130cm x 240cm
I painted Snow White Before the Apple about a year ago. I enjoyed working on it and absolutely loved it when it was done. It also looked absolutely lovely in my home and again, I was sad to part with it. (more…)
Filed under: Eventful, Jana & Iber | Tags: auction, corniche club, Exhibition, giant schnauzer, Iber, invitation, jamm, k's path, lulu al-sabah, painting, viewing
the girl & her giant schnauzer iber, 2009, acrylic on canvas, 100cm x 120cm
“The Girl & Her Giant Schnauzer Iber is a painting I did especially for this auction. I was asked to participate at a time when I was seriously contemplating adopting a cat, so I had animals on my mind. Now, after weeks of both failed and successful photo sessions involving a humongous dog, a few days of painting and adopting my own cat Duncan from the Animal Friends League of Kuwait, I feel that somehow the painting, since conception, has come full circle. It started off instantly with an idea to paint one of my favorite people with her ‘son’, Iber. That idea percolated in my head for weeks before I finally put brush to canvas. As I started painting, my idea changed to perhaps including Duncan in the painting, to possibly keeping it just about the dog, then it became about the dress, and finally back to Iber and his ‘mommy’. I’m lucky to have been given the opportunity to do this, if only to paint such a magnificent animal and his equally magnificent mother.”
The painting is lot #3. I am SO EXCITED about the viewing and a little terrified about the auction. But I think it will be a lot of fun.
Filed under: ophelia, Step By Step | Tags: acrylic, Kuwait, metamorphosis, ophelia, painting, process, progress, Step By Step
a few days ago ophelia found a new home. that same day my daughter asked me if i remembered the time when ophelia had a horse. i had totally forgotten
My daughter’s question prompted me to search my photos of Ophelia in progress. I was shocked at the pictures I found, and flooded by a deluge of memories and emotions ranging from sadness to whimsy. The photos have made me realize how ephemeral my works, in their varioius stages, can be and why it is essential that I photograph them. The story of Ophelia is deeper and more complicated than my memory has allowed. It’s a story of anger and short-lived forgiveness. It’s a story of internal war and temporary peace. And it’s a story of a one-day horse. (more…)
Filed under: Home | Tags: acquisitions, bike, dining, Home, interior, Kuwait, painting, simon balsom, trek, typewriter
si's girl, 2007, acrylic on canvas
It’s funny but as far as I know, three of my paintings have ended up in a dining room/area. It’s very fitting because I love to eat. But it doesn’t look like Simon uses his dining table to eat because of his pile of papers and a beautifully restored typewriter, his Remington Rand portable.
