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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…

Al-Jadar paints an image of the tranquility and rest that takes place at the end of a days work. The livestock is tethered to a post, the sky is darkening while shifting its hues from brilliant turquoise blue to dusky purples punctuated with silver…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Showing a more isolated and provincial village in this work, Al-Jadar infuses the landscape with huts and small structures. The persons present in the painting are clothed in brightly colored tunics and stand as static, erect columns in front of the…

This work by Al-Jadar depicts the desolate nature of the desert, with the landscape of sand and rock. The vivid sand is warm beige and white, the sky jolts the viewer with an intensity of dark blue and grey. The brush strokes in this painting are…