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new painting on friday } the five others
Posted on November 25, 2013 Leave a Comment
You can safely say that I spent last Friday painting like it was my last day on earth. My children had been home from school the previous week and I had the Palestinian Cultural Center exhibition set up the next day. For weeks I had been planning to paint a sister to this painting I did […]
new painting } five companions } nearly complete
Posted on October 31, 2013 4 Comments
I’m so nearly done with this one, which I started a few weeks ago. I’m just not completely happy with it. One particular companion. I also think that I’ll paint five additional companions on another canvas. I’d like this to be a multi-paneled work.
new painting } five companions
Posted on October 1, 2013 2 Comments
I miss my companion. And I’ve realized that when I paint I am creating fleeting friendships to help me cope. Although these relationships are momentary, they are instrumental in alleviating my sadness- albeit temporarily. When I paint my women I feel like I’m stroking their faces. The most sensual part is the jawline. That’s what […]
because i have to stop thinking
Posted on July 26, 2013 Leave a Comment
Have you ever thought so much it drove you insane? I think I just reached that point; the point where I no longer want things to make sense because they’re just not going to. Ever. Not as long as I’m thinking about them. I feel I’ve reached a level of madness where I just want […]
freudian slip } parts one, two and three
Posted on May 9, 2013 4 Comments
Starting a new story always sets my heart aflutter. Let’s see where it goes.
new painting
Posted on September 20, 2011 3 Comments
I started this three days ago. Until this morning I had an uncomfortable relationship with this painting. I wasn’t happy, it wasn’t giving me the buzz I usually get when I’m this far into a painting. So I watched a section of a Dali video and thought: screw this, I don’t like the painting, I’m […]
new painting|september 6th
Posted on September 6, 2011 2 Comments
My kiddies are back in school and I’m free! Free, I tell you, free! So I had a lovely morning of relaxation, just me and my paints. Bliss. I wouldn’t have stopped painting but I must be leaving soon to pick up my little ones. I can’t wait to get back to this painting as […]
ramadan drawing|august 5
Posted on August 5, 2011 Leave a Comment
I have finally put in an order for an A3 scanner. I’m feeling a little joyous about it, but once I receive it I’ll be very, very joyous. This scanner will change my life!
new painting|july 29 pm
Posted on July 29, 2011 Leave a Comment
Of course this is still a work in progress. I have an idea of what I want to do next but I must be patient and wait for it to dry completely.
Eve Shreds the Note|From Nothing to an Angry Bride
Posted on April 4, 2011 1 Comment
This is a video I made with my son, Khaled, from footage I had taken of myself painting Eve Shreds the Note. Actually, he did most of the work; I just sat there trying to be helpful but ended up hindering his efforts to get on with it. Music by (in order): Elbow/The Birds, Aimee […]
Old Unfinished Painting Redefined on a New Monday
Posted on October 18, 2010 Leave a Comment
The last time I worked on this woman I was livid. I ended up wrecking the painting with awful lines, dull, watered down colors and four letter words (which I won’t be showing here). Click on this four letter word for the original plan, or cross the bridge for previous layers.
new painting|still untitled
Posted on August 27, 2010 Leave a Comment
This is a painting I started a few days ago. I like to show some stages of my unfinished work because I like the way they look at that stage. I am approaching this painting very differently because I’m using many layers of diluted acrylic. Let’s just see where it goes from here.
seven and a half minute face
Posted on August 26, 2010 7 Comments
And this is how I wreck my pens. I drew this yesterday to Primavera by Ludovico Einaudi. Yeah, yeah, I know it’s all new age-y but I was in the mood. I must say that it was crazy trying to get a more or less finished face in seven minutes and a half. This was […]
The Teabag Prophecies
Posted on August 1, 2010 1 Comment
About a year ago I started collecting teabags because I loved the organic-ness of a used and dried up bag of tea. I also love repetition and the linearity of things. There is something very regimental and military-like about any ordinary object or human being stacked side by side; almost but not altogether uniform. I […]
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.
My Second Dream|Friday May 21
Posted on May 21, 2010 9 Comments
I love three things: I love tracing paper, I love graph paper, and I love my scanner. You can imagine my delight when I found a pad of tracing graph paper by my scanner! What fun I had with my new dream this morning.
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 16 am
Posted on May 16, 2010 5 Comments
It looks much more like her now. I totally fucked her up. And I broke my camera. And I’m feeling shitty with the world. Sorry, Yasmine.
