The man in this portrait is set at a three-quarter pose in a plain background of mixed blues and oranges. He has dark features and wears a white traditional head covering that contrasts the shadowy browns of his exterior garmenting. The overall…
A heavily garmented woman stands at the foreground of this composition holding the form of an infant. She is frontally posed gazing outwards from the picture plane. A series of condensed architectural structures rise behind her with a centralized…
In this portrait, a woman in a pink blouse stands facing the viewer while gazing off the right. Her dark hair, smeared with blue and pink, frames her oval face. Detail is lost through the painterly treatment of the subject as loose brushstrokes…
The color palette of this composition remains consistent throughout exhibiting an earthy coloring of tans and browns. Taking up a majority of the picture plane is a man riding a bike with a child sitting on his shoulders. Both of the figures gaze…
This minimal composition, by Ismail Alkhayat, is made up of various organic shapes that elude representational resemblance. An enigmatic black square sits at the center of the picture plane framing a shaded ink smear. The remainder of the composition…
In this monochromatic composition there exists various ways in which configure the multitude of organic shapes. The composition appears to be condensed towards the lower third of the picture plane as the ink becomes darker and the various shapes seem…
This composition, by Ismail Alkhayat, is made up of various patterned amebic configurations that pile atop one another in a flattened space. The application of ink ranges from dark saturation to a light faded treatment giving texture to the patterned…
In this abstracted work, by Mohamed Ali, there appears to be two figures sitting at a table turned up towards the viewer. Atop this table is a vase of yellow flowers. Beyond these semi-representational figures, the composition of this piece focuses…
This composition, by Mohamed Ali, is rendered in various states of abstraction. Three humanoid figures recline on and around a bed frame. Two of the figures are reduced to mere lines that insinuate human form while the third is rendered in more…
Three figures occupy the middle ground of the composition. The figures are in various poses: one in profile, one frontal, and the last at a three-quarter pose. The representational forms are rendered just shy of abstraction as basic shapes insinuate…