cardboard drawings } siren under your bed
Posted on July 14, 2017 4 Comments
The Siren Under Your Bed
new painting } she wore sylvette
Posted on June 20, 2017 2 Comments
She Wore Sylvette, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 91 x 122 cm
A year ago I bought a gorgeous ring from my friend jewelry designer Sylvette Blaimont. This painting is an homage to it and the wonderful Sylvette. Read More
ego of eve
Posted on June 17, 2017 4 Comments
A few days ago I saw a post on Instagram that inspired me to create a massive papier-mache Eve head. Read More
6+11=17
Posted on June 11, 2017 Leave a Comment
I like dates that make mathematical sense, like today: 6+11=17.
Music is Our Lips are Sealed by Fun Boy Three. Read More
khaled, me and the deena machina
Posted on May 25, 2017 2 Comments
My very awesome friend Deena Qabazard came over yesterday for a playdate. My son Khaled joined in with his coding prowess and fun was had by all.
*Music is Let Forever Be by the Chemical Brothers. Read More
a month with a stranger
Posted on May 19, 2017 2 Comments
A few weeks ago I decided to take on a commission, just out of curiosity. It was to create one of my journals, but for someone else, a complete stranger. In a way it was like I was this woman’s surrogate chronicler: incubate my stories for the duration of a few weeks and ultimately give them away, or in my case sell it. And she, she was my unknown confidant. In a strange way I felt like I was getting to know her, but I know as much about her today than I did before I started. It’ll be hard to part with this notebook, just because it holds so much and I was so invested in it. Ah well. Read More
yellow and blue
Posted on May 12, 2017 Leave a Comment
I keep changing this. I just added a new clip this afternoon and made it a bit more upbeat. I think I’ll keep it this way and just add more to it in the coming weeks. Read More
fire, ice, wind and twine
Posted on April 29, 2017 2 Comments
I love experimenting with the elements, and this is something I’ve always wanted to do: freeze my drawings and watch them thaw out. So that’s what I did using the iPhone time-lapse feature. I love what little effort it took from me to create this video. It’s sort of like putting a dirty load into the washing machine and letting it do its thing. An hour or so later it’s all done for you.
I’ve also included in this post some other videos that lead to the final segment I’ve posted above. This particular segment will be part of a longer video I’m currently working on (ice is melting in the kitchen as we speak).
*Music is by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Quintet in G, op. 1. Ballade in C, op. 73. Read More
new watercolor } april five face
Posted on April 7, 2017 Leave a Comment
New watercolor } April Five Face
until love } four hundred and seventy five
Posted on April 3, 2017 Leave a Comment
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Every now and then I consolidate two categories into one. I felt that it was apt to merge my journal entry with my Until Love project on this post.
I have over 475 of these now. I’m not counting the ones that I’ve gifted over the past two years, so I think I’ve made a little under 500 so far.
international women’s day with dj maha, mai and me
Posted on March 7, 2017 Leave a Comment
Mai and I look like seasoned pros. I’m a little under the weather but was jacked up by the mere presence of my dear friend Mai and the wonderful DJ Maha.
For International Women’s Day (celebrating it all week on RK99.7 Radio Kuwait), I was invited to co-host the Drive Back with DJ Maha. I was lucky enough to be on Tuesday’s show which features an incredible selection of alternative music. I was asked to choose a woman I admire and I chose my very special friend Kuwaiti author Mai Al-Nakib. It was a little nerve-racking at first but I think we soon got the hang of it! Below is the complete interview, including today’s very awesome, estrogen-filled music. Listen and enjoy!
the cabaret
Posted on March 6, 2017 Leave a Comment
The Cabaret, Act I, Page I
I don’t know what I’m doing yet, but I hope to go somewhere with this. Read More
paul newman complete
Posted on March 5, 2017 Leave a Comment
Paul Newman, 2015-2017, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 140 cm
Finally it’s done! Paul Newman, it’s been a pleasure. Rolex, thank you for the challenge. Read More
the poly’s bid a grand farewell to CAP
Posted on February 24, 2017 2 Comments
What kind of a poly-mistress would I be if I didn’t allow my polyhedra to leave with somewhat of a bang? Naturally there was lots of play involved in packing my beloved ‘stars’, but lots of sweat too!
I want to thank my new friend and sister-in-arms Azza for helping me out this morning. Read More
