Other People’s Studios Category
kiss & cut } two pages today
Posted on February 7, 2013 4 Comments
Yesterday I got a call from Gallery Tilal. They urgently needed hi-res images of my works for the invitation. I immediately called my right-hand woman Jana and she came through for me. J, you’re a rock star! Here are the two images I sent (I am really so very happy with them!) and some behind-the-scenes […]
a visit to deema al-ghunaim’s studio
Posted on December 18, 2011 4 Comments
Last night I paid a visit to my friend architect/photographer/designer (I can go on) Deema Al-Ghunaim’s studio space she’s rented at the Arabana warehouse in Shuwaikh. The space is still in its embryonic stages but to know this little gem exists amid the hustle and bustle of industrial Shuwaikh is soothing to the heart and […]
New Painting|Six Eves Play Hide-and-Go-Seek
Posted on January 21, 2011 3 Comments
I started this painting yesterday morning. I decided to make it a landscape format rather than portrait because the canvas is too tall for my easel. That was the easy step. I then thought: hmm, why don’t I actually paint a landscape. The only time I’d ever painted a landscape from life was in Madrid, […]
A Little House in Hamra
Posted on June 25, 2010 3 Comments
A few days ago, I visited the Beirut-based artist Tamara Al-Samerraei in her studio, which she shares with artist Najah Taher. It’s situated in a culture-rich area of Hamra off the Beiruti high street. When I got there, I heard live music playing in a nearby street and  Olivia Newton-John’s Let’s Get Physical blaring from […]
