Portrait Category
new painting } the other g
Posted on September 13, 2017 Leave a Comment
I think this is one of my most elaborate and time-consuming Instagram posts yet. For it, I needed to remove a huge three-seater couch and fill my shelves with my 500 polyhedra. Oh, and I needed a life-size self-portrait. No biggy.
paul newman complete
Posted on March 5, 2017 Leave a Comment
Finally it’s done! Paul Newman, it’s been a pleasure. Rolex, thank you for the challenge.
new commissioned painting in progress } paul newman
Posted on July 26, 2015 Leave a Comment
Last May or June I was commissioned by my brother to paint a portrait of Paul Newman. His only conditions were that he wanted the painting to be large and that Paul Newman was wearing his Rolex Daytona watch. So in effect, this is a double portrait. Anyway, Paul wasn’t that big of a challenge. The watch […]
nabooly } two paintings of a cat
Posted on March 10, 2012 4 Comments
I have been wanting to give my parents a house-warming gift for ages, so my mom asked me if I could create two paintings for a specific area in their new mountain home in Beirut. She had a few guidelines for me, one of which was ‘no people’, which is like asking McDonald’s not to […]
New Portrait, New Everything
Posted on July 24, 2010 8 Comments
Yesterday I watched a documentary about portrait painter Alice Neel, beautifully filmed by her grandson Andrew Neel. The moment I looked at the DVD cover, lent to me by my sister-in-law Jana, I felt a connection with her work: as if I’d done it, or I could do it, or I do it in my […]
A Portrait of Yasmine Alkandari
Posted on May 26, 2010 3 Comments
Y this morning. I’m really enjoying the skirt and will work some more on her crazy top. It just needs to be tweaked here and there.
A Portrait of Y******* A********|May 19 AM
Posted on May 19, 2010 5 Comments
I did some things I should have done earlier. Thanks to the advice of several friends, it was suggested that I stop for a while and step back. Another thing I did was change the easel. The one I was working isn’t adjustable (it is, but mine never worked so I would adjust my height […]
A Portrait of Yasmine Alkandari|May 13
Posted on May 13, 2010 1 Comment
Eek. Although I’m liking the painting itself more, I think I screwed up my sister’s face a little. So I hope she doesn’t see this! I know I’ll make it work, I know I will.
A New Portrait
Posted on May 12, 2010 8 Comments
A few days ago I was commissioned to paint a portrait. It’s a scary thing, but I am just starting to enjoy it. I know I still haven’t captured the spirit of this young woman but I know I will. I can’t wait til it’s done. I just hope she will happy with it x
Fairuz
Posted on April 28, 2010 Leave a Comment
Please remember that Fairuz is on display at the Boushahri Gallery for a week. The gallery is located in Salmiya, Baghdad Street, Building 36. Park your car in the back, there’s usually lots of space. If you’re walking, you can go straight through the side door (by the camera store). Morning hours are 10am-1pm, evening hours […]
