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: 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: Jana & Iber, Paintings | Tags: acrylics, animal friends league, auctioin, dar al-funoon, Exhibition, giant schnauzer, Iber, jana, Kuwait, painting
Well, this is it. I am very happy with it. I decided to keep Jana the way she is, unfinished, incomplete. The painting will be part of an exhibition/auction benefiting the Animal Friends League of Kuwait/K’s Path. Works will be displayed at the Dar Al-Funoon Gallery for two days, and the auction will take place on the third day. I will post details closer to the actual date, which will be in February 2010. I’m very excited. (more…)
Filed under: Jana & Iber, Paintings | Tags: animal friends league, giant schnauzer, Iber, jana, Kuwait, Middle East, painting, pink dress
Iber is black. He looks two dimensional but he's not done yet. The painting is now in what I call its 'ugly phase'. We all go through it so why not a painting?
Closer up to that dress which I love.
Closer still. If not for the other photos, I'd imagine that it's hard to tell what this is.
Filed under: Jana & Iber, Paintings | Tags: acrylics, giant schnauzer, Iber, jana, Middle East, painting, process
Jana is happy with the way she looks in this painting, like she's about to commit murder (i'd like to think figuratively)
Filed under: Jana & Iber, Paintings | Tags: acrylics, dog, giant schnauzer, Iber, jana, painting, pink dress
Filed under: Jana & Iber, Paintings | Tags: auction, charity, Exhibition, february, giant schnauzer, Iber, jana, Kuwait, Middle East, painting
I started a painting today. I’m painting it specially for an auction which is to take place mid-February at the Dar Al-Funoon Gallery in Sharq. More about this in future posts. Because the auction will benefit a certain animal shelter, I felt that it was befitting to paint a portrait of two of my favorite animals: Jana and Iber. (more…)
