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The great Mosque of Hagia Sophia is here captured on the canvas by Al-Jadar. The humid mediterranean climate of Turkey felt in the image by the atmospheric distortion that the sky and clouds have. The colors are lush greens, milky blues and…

The intensity and heat of the sun bearing down on the beach is fully captured visually in this painting by Al-Jadar. The washed out blues and brilliant white of the sand create the feeling of heat in the eyes of the viewer. The boats that lay in the…

Al-Jadar depicts in this work, villagers standing in a mass in a public square. The colors utilized are warm and indicate the heat of a afternoon in Iraq. The villagers are depicted in simple tunics and scarves and are featured carrying with them…

This work by Al-Jadar shows the vivid colors and textures that come alive at night fall. The village comes into focus with a halo of dark blue surrounding it. The brush strokes are strong and loose, giving a sense of movement to the canvas. The…

Another image from the Village series, "Iraq Village 6" shows the viewer a tighter vantage point onto the world of village life in Iraq. The composition of the piece is pyramidal, meaning that it is wider at the bottom and seemingly comes to a point…

A semi-transparent dove stands as the central figure in this composition. The remainder of the picture plane is filled with symbols that are seemingly stenciled out of the color-dappled background. The multitude of symbols are varied and, at times,…

This minimal composition, by Mukhallad Al-Mukhtar, exhibits a stenciled patterning set against a background of pale gray. Two perpendicular strips of gold starbursts with a black backdrop interrupt this patterning cutting the stenciling into two…