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In this textured rendition, Kahlid al-Rahal has carved out different humanoid shapes in various positions staged to the left two-thirds of the canvas. These figures are highlighted by a contrasting color scheme of vibrant blues with soft yellow and…

"Iraq Village 5" is quite similar to others in the Village series. The depiction of architecture and persons in the painting is consistent with the other works of this subject matter executed by Al-Jadar. The colors are striking with the poignant…

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…

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…

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…

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…

In this oil on canvas created by Khalid Al-Rahal, the sense of the natural world is abstracted and turned upside down. The ambiguous setting gives the viewer a sense of uneasiness or lack of place. The human forms seem huddled together in a small…

"River Scene 2" differs from the previous in the series as it has a great deal more movement and action in the composition and subject matter of the painting. The long, sweeping brush strokes mimic the motion of the waves in the river. The warm, rich…

The oil on canvas by Khalid Al-Kassab which depicts a still life is reminiscent of modernist still life paintings being produced contemporaneously in Europe in the early to mid 20th century. The rich saturated colors, the composition and the single…

In Iraqi Village 4, Al-Jadar relies on a much tighter composition than others in the series. The bulk of the paintings scene takes place in the foreground, focusing on the bare skeletal silhouettes of the trees, the cube like shapes of the houses,…