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Sadik Ahmed 1 1974.jpg
This picturesque composition, by Sadik Ahmed, depicts a quite village set in rolling hills and lush vegetation. Architectural structures dot the background and middle ground; yet, the composition is devoid of human presence. The loose application of…

Sadik Ahmed 4 1986.jpg
The rendering of the figures in this group portrait is reductive in that the women’s bodies are composed of basic shapes and black outlines. A majority of the women peer outwards towards the viewer even whilst engaged in a task. Although a bit…

Sadik Ahmed 2 1975.jpg
This still life, by Sadik Ahmed, represents objects in various states of artistic completion. The two vases and a series of fruits are rendered with full color and shading whilst background objects, like a picture frame and book, are sketched with…

Sadik Ahmed 3.jpg
A series of loose color smears composes this abstracted landscape. A tree with random foliage dominates the right portion of the composition even as it blends into the background with other kinds of flora. Fading color density insinuates the…

Ismail Al Shikhli   5.jpg
The shapes composing this landscape, by Ismail al Shaikhly, are rendered in a reductive manner. Trees are hinted at by way of jagged vertical lines while the rock formations in the middle ground use blocks of color to simulate three dimensions.…

Ismail Al Shikhli   8.jpg
In this abstracted composition, Ismail al Shaikhly has focused the action in the central portion of the canvas. Humanoid forms are insinuated through the display of garmented figures scattered amongst faded architectural structures. Vegetation is…

Ismail Al Shikhli   4.jpg
Again, the figures in this composition, by Ismail al Shaikhly, are abstractly rendered through the use of reductive garmenting. The oval humanoid forms are scattered throughout a deep green background. Some stand erect while others bend low gathered…

Ismail Al Shikhli   7.jpg
In this portrait bust, by Ismail al Shaikhly, a woman in a three-quarter pose gazes blankly out towards the viewer. Her dark eyes are contrasted with the pale yellow color of her hair that falls below her bare shoulders. The woman is set within a…

Ismail Al Shikhli   1.jpg
Two women form the central focus of this composition; one sits upright while the other reclines, eyes closed, resting on the shoulder of the other. The female figures are rendered without great detail, relying on basic organic shapes composed…

Ismail Al Shikhli   3.jpg
This landscape is primarily composed of two color variations, purple and orange. Shades of purple fill the sky whilst the oranges form the trees and vegetation. A naturalistic rendering of the landscape is not the focus of this piece. The focus…
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