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This work depicts a greater detail of human life in the stead of a landscape. The rectangular composition creates a long narrow window onto the life of an Iraqi villager. The colors in the piece are very much in keeping with the colors present in…

Where as the previous work "Women in the Village Souq" shows the daily tasks of the females in the village, "River Scene 1" illustrates the tasks that the men of the village undertake daily. The scene depicts the readying of the vessels to go out…

In this oil on canvas, Khalid Al-Jader illustrates a scene of life within the borders of a small bucolic Iraqi hamlet. The thick impasto and broad brushstroke that Al-Jadar employs creates a strong sense of texture and three dimensionality to the…

In this village scene, Al-Jadar creates a deserted and empty feeling to the village that lies in the distance. There is no trace of activity in the painting, it is a static image of architecture and sand. The colors employed are striking blues,…