In My Studio this Morning|Two New Paintings, Two I’m Working on & One About...
i decided last night that i'm going to make a series of these psychedelic eves I love Sunday mornings; just coming out of the weekend, everyone’s either at work or the malls, and I’m here in my space,...
View Articlemadness in the studio|february 9, 2011
what a mess in my studio. i've been stuck on four paintings for one reason or another. technically, emotionally, supply-wise or a lack of time. four paintings. forever here comes the bride. to paint...
View ArticleFour Psychedelic Eves Complete
i don't know if you remember, but i said i would do two more of these psychedelicky eves and i just finished numbers three and four last night. i'm sure they will look a lot more formidable with a less...
View ArticlePhotographing Eves on a Monday
eve takes a profile pic Jana came in this morning to photograph the complete Stories of Eves collection. I tried to set up the studio the best way I could to achieve maximum efficiency. I...
View ArticleHomes|I Own Art Too!|Part I
maysaa al-mumin's fish. i love them! I’m always waiting to receive photos of my works in their new homes (hint, hint to everyone who’s promised to send me a picture and hasn’t!). I do get so excited...
View Articlestudio redo {phase one} painting a wall
i know this doesn't look like a grand mess, but it's a little too cluttered for my liking. and i do regret getting paint splattered on the walls Today I started an ambitious project to get this section...
View Articlestudio redo {phase two} putting things back together again
before: awfully cluttered and dirty wall after: studio orange or or o-wrong? Well, this is as much as I can do with it for the time-being. My advisor Yasmine’s at work today, so we decided that,...
View Articlesurvival kit
Oh my God, what a crazy busy day. It’s going to be like this until Monday night, when I can finally hang loose and enjoy the show (yes, I do tend to be quite relaxed at my exhibitions). I haven’t...
View Articleframing postcards
this is my framing station, right in the middle of my foyer. i borrowed this lovely table (and by lovely i mean homely on the outside and comely on the inside) from my mom What a time to fall ill. Ugh!...
View Articlemom & her four daughters
mom & her four daughters, 2012, acrylic, collage and oil pastels on canvas, 135cm x 240cm Done. I really enjoyed this painting because for the first time in a long time I felt like a child working...
View Articlea new toy } panorama
my friend told me about this new feature on the iphone camera that allows you to take panoramic shots up to 180º. So of COURSE i had to try it out This is where I live and work, warts and all. the...
View Articlea visit from faisal the f
faisal and the f (that’s f for favor) I find superlatives pointless. They’re hyperbolic and highly arguable. But I’m going to say this with complete conviction: Faisal Al Fouzan, aka Faisal the F, is...
View Articlenew painting } stretch
ironically, ‘stretch’ isn’t stretched so i’m not sure what i want to do with it. i also find it funny that, without realizing (i did it for the color contrast), i lay the painting down on my exercise...
View Articlea new life starts with a new sofa
My new sofa was finally delivered today. But of course to make space for it, my studio and home had to undergo a major upheaval. After all, it’s the only way to make room for new love.
View Articleart as disease
It’s not about the drawings, the paintings, the prints, the photos. It’s about where it all comes from. It’s about the energy, the emotion and the disease inside.
View Articlefor instagram
Every now and then I put a little effort into an Instagram shot. This isn’t perfect, but the thing I like about Instagram is its ‘homemade’ aspect, and I’m a homemade kind of girly. Filed under: Ghadah...
View Articlebringing baby to the dark side
It’s Friday. I was inspired. And then baby showed up. I got him into a black turtle neck and we started our little shoot. He was a natural. In fact, he was so ‘Come on, Vogue’ I could hardly keep a...
View Articlemy private little arab spring
To put this post in perspective, a quick backstory here. Music is Blind My Mind by Flunk: Although my spring cleaning (well, more like an accumulation of ten springs) began around ten days ago, it went...
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