Homes:Shatha & Qatami Al-Qatami
This morning I visited Ophelia. I have never done this before, just visited a painting of mine in it’s own right. It took my breath away when I spotted it as soon as I walked through Shatha Al-Qatami’s front door. But my first glimpse of Ophelia was through a mirror, which is what took me aback. I’m very directionally impaired and this sense of dislocation had me quite confused for a few seconds. It’s thanks to Shatha pointing at the actual painting that I found Ophelia looking regally over the dining area, a hostess awaiting her guests.
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- on either side of ophelia is a painting by artist yousef oun (one of which is not showing here because it is on a door that serves as both wall and entrance into the kitchen/living area, like a secret passageway!)
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- i love the baubles over the glass table. ophelia couldn’t have been happier!
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- this was my first encounter with ophelia. i had to do a couple of double-takes
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- shatha and qatami have a wonderful collection of artwork! to me, it was like a child walking into a toy store and not knowing where to look first! these are some prints from bahraini artist jamal abdel-rahim
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- a painting by rama alkanawati, shatha’s sister. the sculpture is one shatha bought from laguna beach in california
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- the qatamis have a few russian works. shatha brought this particular one back with her from a visit there.
wow! ophelia has done really rather well for herself! she looks great, and happy. well, happy in an ophelia kind of way.
i know! she’s way better off than i will ever be :)
She still, though, hasn’t grown her adult-arms yet…
she has. under her skirt.
I wanted to comment on your blog as you requested all on onther site that shall remain nameless (I refuse to endorse anything)and I wanted to say that everyday(though I don’t post any comments) I look through your blog, secretely looking for dots knowing I won’t find them…..but today, in this post, I have found something else I have also been missing. There you are, Ophelia!