Filed under: Red Sketchbook, Sketchbook | Tags: black, ink, pen, red, Sketchbook, white
Filed under: The Book of Traffic Lights & Other Observations | Tags: book, ink, observations, pen, sketch, traffic
Filed under: Red Sketchbook, Sketchbook | Tags: ink, Kuwait, pen, red, Sketchbook
Filed under: Red Sketchbook, Sketchbook | Tags: black, ink, Kuwait, pen, red, Sketchbook, white
Filed under: Red Sketchbook, Sketchbook | Tags: ink, Kuwait, pen, red, sketch, Sketchbook
Filed under: Sketchbook, Storybook Drawings | Tags: black, drawing, ink, Kuwait, sketch, white
Sometimes when I want to travel without getting out of my comfy, fat chair, I endeavor on a drawing like this. As soon as I start to draw, the lines transform to rivers with little streams and rivulets of swimming images branching from their banks. through these pictures my mind wanders so far and wide and I feel very safe within their confines. At times, the experience becomes tantric and sometimes a little stressed. And there is always the excitement of what comes next.
This drawing was done sometime in 2008. It took me about four or five days to complete. I did get up occasionally from my comfy, fat chair during that time.
Filed under: Red Sketchbook, Sketchbook | Tags: ink, Kuwait, paper, pen, sketch
Filed under: Exhibitions, The Yellow Tape Portraits | Tags: acrylic, canvas, Kuwait, oil pastels, painting, portrait, Portraits, tape, yellow
Paintings from 2009′s The Yellow Tape Portraits. These are not titled. The large, full scale women are about 100cm x 250cm and the medium portraits are 91cm x 152cm. Two are 12ocm x 152cm. I wanted to keep them all as uniform as I could without sacrificing too much color and variation in facial features and expression. This is my army of women who protected me at one of the most vulnerable periods of my life. (more…)
I like to flatter myself by thinking that I am Katy’s collaborator. Ok, sidekick. I’m Katy’s every-now-and-then part time sidekick. Ok, Ok, I’m just a stupid fan. This is one of three sketches I drew specially for Katy’s latest Unruly post.
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Filed under: Red Sketchbook, Sketchbook | Tags: ink, Kuwait, pen, red, sketch, Sketchbook
period, 2007, acrylic on canvas, approx. 180cm x 120cm
I painted this one over an older painting. I know, you should never ever do that but I did and felt much better after I did it. Only a fraction of the original painting shows through and that’s the figure you see sitting in the pillow. I was never happy with the original painting. It consisted of different incongruous elements, and unbeknownst to me at the time, was the cause of a very bad taste in my mouth. Only when I defaced it did I realize that I didn’t like the painting at all.
For more paintings of the same period and style (2007), please click ‘more’. (more…)
Filed under: Red Sketchbook, Sketchbook | Tags: black, ink, Kuwait, pen, sketch, white
Filed under: Exhibitions, Forty-Eight Women, a Kitten & Pele, Paintings | Tags: acrylic, aunties, exhibtion, Kuwait, painting, sisters
the fly
Filed under: The Compliment That Blows All the Rest Away | Tags: charcoal, color, Kuwait, linen, sketch
compass, 2009, charcoal on linen
A week ago, my friend Simon and I were talking about colors. I was griping about all these products coming out, marketed as being revolutionary and cutting edge. So I said that what would really blow me away is if someone discovered a new color.
Two days ago, Simon called me and said that he found a new color. I was incredulous but intrigued. So he told me this story:
At work, a man came through to Simon’s first floor office on a little tour of the premises. He then went back downstairs. A little later he returned upstairs to Simon’s office and stood in front of this picture which is hanging near his desk, and said, “There are a million works of art in the world, but when I saw this I saw something different. It was like seeing art for the same time. It was like someone has created a new color.”
Filed under: Fashionistas, Sketchbook, The Bspot | Tags: b-spot, fashion, ink, Kuwait, pen, sketch, victims
You and I see things differently. A chewed apple in my mouth tastes different than a chewed apple in yours. You may love shoulder pads, but to me they are a representation of a decade best left behind.
Filed under: Cultural Re-Expressions 101, Paintings | Tags: acrylics, cultural, Kuwait, painting, re-expressions, traditional
sharbika, 2003, acrylic on canvas, 185x325 cm
Filed under: Sketchbook | Tags: ink, Kuwait, pen, provincetown, sketch, spirograph
