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…)
Filed under: Paintings, The Yellow Tape Portraits | Tags: acrylics, Exhibition, Kuwait, Middle East, painting, portrait, yellow tape
eleven, 2009, acrylic and oil pastels on canvas, 91×152 cm
It’s funny. I almost didn’t include this one in the show. But it was a favorite among the gallery visitors and eventually found a home.
Filed under: Paintings, The Sultan Gallery, The Yellow Tape Portraits | Tags: acrylic, Kuwait, Middle East, painting, Portraits, yellow, yellow tape
four, 2008, acrylic and oil pastels on canvas, 91x152 cm
Yes, yes, they’re not in order here, but Thirteen was indeed painted after Four. I titled them after they were all complete and hanging in the gallery. I added two bows to the one above, right before the show. She’s wearing her skin on the outside rather than covering it up. (more…)
Filed under: Laura Boushnak, The Sultan Gallery, The Yellow Tape Portraits | Tags: Exhibition, paintings. laura boushnak, photography, Sultan Gallery
The finale of Laura Boushnak‘s little trilogy: the exhibition. (more…)
Filed under: Laura Boushnak, The Sultan Gallery, The Yellow Tape Portraits | Tags: Exhibition, gallery, Laura Boushnak, Paintings, photography, Sultan Gallery
This is the second segment of Laura Boushnak‘s photos of my exhibition: preparations for The Yellow Tape Portraits Exhibition at the Sultan Gallery. (more…)
Filed under: Laura Boushnak, My Studio, Paintings, The Yellow Tape Portraits | Tags: atelier, children's book, illustrations, Laura Boushnak, Lubna Saif Abbas, Middle East, painting process, photographer, photography, studio
These are photos taken by Palestinian photographer Laura Boushnak. I was lucky to have her around while preparing for my show, The Yellow Tape Portraits. For someone who loves posing for photos (it’s an Alkandari flaw) it was very difficult to ignore the presence of a camera. But Laura made it easy. This is part I: in my studio painting the three last pieces for the show. (more…)
Filed under: Moving Pictures, Paintings, The Sultan Gallery, The Yellow Tape Portraits | Tags: Exhibition, Middle East, mohammed alkandari, Paintings, Portraits, Sultan Gallery
queen's guardians sitting strong and stoic.
These are photos from my last exhibition at the Sultan Gallery, entitled The Yellow Tape Portraits. The show ran from the 10th to the 12th of February, 2009. For more on these paintings please click on the image above. Photos by Mohammed Alkandari (more…)
