On Paper
Although paper is considered basic to some, I find it to be very versatile and the base for so many great mediums such as printmaking, ink and charcoal drawings.
Discovering the Subconsious through Art
Undergraduate Thesis Essay
Palm Tree, 2020. Analog Photograph
Tree 3, 2020. Graphite on paper, 60 x 45 cm
Lost in my thoughts, 2020. Linocut on paper, 60 x 45 cm
Roots 1, 2020. Willow Charcoal on paper, 42 x 30 cm
Roots 2, 2020. Willow Charcoal on paper, 42 x 30 cm
Tree 1, 2020. Graphite on paper, 60 x 45 cm
Paths 1, 2020. Pastel on paper, 42 x 30 cm
Tree 2, 2020. Graphite on paper, 60 x 45 cm
Palm Trunk, 2020. Analog Photograph
Paths 2, 2020. Pastel on paper, 42 x 30 cm
“I really love printmaking. It’s like a mystery and you’re trying to figure out how to rein it in”
— Kiki Smith
Dome of the Rock
In the summer of 2019, I took this image. I was terrified and well as at peace as I walked around the Dome of the Rock and Masjid Al Aqsa. It was therapeutic to be able to finally connect to my home country at the age of 21, and it gave me new concepts to explore in my artwork. This image was used again and again in my work, but it all started with one of my favorite mediums, linoleum.
Dome of the Rock, 2019. Linocut on paper, 42 x 30 cm
Dalia’s Day at the Beach
It started off as a sunrise photoshoot, and the work kept evolving from there. I carved out each image, and then I found myself adding my own illustrative touches. I wanted to blur the lines between reality and the way that I view the world.
Dalia’s Day at the Beach, 2020. Linocut on paper, 85 x 60 cm
“Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity.”
— Leonardo Da Vinci
Vines & Leaves
Da Vinci has a lot of work that is based off of natural elements, and that is something that I can resonate with. There is so much that can be said about a person from their drawing of a tree. If they draw only a part of the tree, what they choose to surround the tree with, or even how they depict the trunk. For this particular work, I was interested in the treatment of paper and how the original almost had a glowing element under the branch. I tried to recreate it with coffee staining.
Reference Work
Leonardo da Vinci, Studies of Brambles (with details), red chalk and white heightening on prepared paper, c. 1505-10, Windsor, Royal Library 12419. (Royal Collection Trust / © HM Queen Elizabeth II 2012)
My rendition of Leonardo Da Vinci’s work.
Vines and Leaves, 2018. Sepia ink on coffee stained paper, 85 x 60 cm