Homes: Nada Dalloul
my picture is the one in the bottom left hand cubby Months and months ago, I mailed a letter locally via Kuwait’s post. My friend finally received the letter, a picture I did on May 14th titled Dream...
View ArticleHomes:Maysaa Al-Mumin & Thomas Modeen|Doha, Qatar
i love the way, with so much to look at around tom and maysaa's living room, my girl is still staring right at the camera One moment she was in my studio in Kuwait, and the next she was in an...
View ArticleHomes|I Own Art Too!|Part I
maysaa al-mumin's fish. i love them! I’m always waiting to receive photos of my works in their new homes (hint, hint to everyone who’s promised to send me a picture and hasn’t!). I do get so excited...
View ArticleHomes|Ethel Cooper
ethel also owns a work by khaled al najdi This is highly unconventional! But not surprising as it has been sent to me by my very eccentric friend Ethel Cooper, who bought my piece from the...
View ArticleHomes: Ghena El Hariri|Amman, Jordan
ghena called her yellow tape portrait 'sophie'. i really like the name This painting was very impersonally titled ‘eleven‘. It was part of my Yellow Tape Portrait collection. Thanks to Ghena El...
View ArticleHomes: Mai Al-Nakib & Adeeb Abu-Ghazaleh
lucky eve I get so excited when I see my girls again! Always. Eve moved in with my dear friends Mai Al-Nakib and Adeeb Abu-Ghazaleh last month. I found these photos in my mailbox this morning with a...
View ArticleHomes|Inspire Advertising|Alsaleh Building
girl with doll Over lunch, my brother Mohammed asked me if I knew who, from Inspire Advertising, bought one of my paintings from 2004′s Cultural Re-Expressions 101 exhibition. I told him that my memory...
View ArticleHomes|Office of Imad Hayat
'singing woman with a television', 2004, acrylic on canvas, 300 x 180 cm This painting resides in the office of Imad Hayat, my brother Tareq’s friend and business partner. Thanks, T, for the photos!...
View ArticleHomes|Rana Al-Bahar
funky wave bench. i'm happy my painting sits above it This is my painting, Thirty-Five Pages Front and Back from the Stories of Eves collection. It dwells in the home of my once-student/budding artist...
View Articlenew painting|continued
two women and dancers Added August 12: This painting now resides in the home of Birgitte Simonian in sunny California.
View ArticleHomes|Laila Al-Hamad
drinks & cigarettes Another lovely surprise in my mailbox, this time from Laila Al-Hamad, who says, ‘The girls are keeping me company in my office, such a treat!’ I’m sure they love spending their...
View ArticleHomes | Sharon & Shakir Abal
i haven't been to sharon and shakir's home so this gives me a good perspective on where the paintings are hung. their home gives my paintings a new life I have been waiting so long for these and boy...
View Articlehomes | schmendrick’s house
my painting at ‘schmendrick’s house’. the ladies have been named agnes, matilda and bob. i’m hoping that last one’s short for roberta This was sent to me via Twitter. It’s always a lovely surprise to...
View Articlehomes | noor alzabin & lali al-sayer
girl not alone, with noor, lali and balthazar I visited Noor Alzabin’s elegant home this morning to take some photos of her new acquisition, my painting ‘Girl Not Alone’. I think, however, I ended up...
View Articlehomes } the office of mohammed al-fraih
mohammed al-fraih and the girl who is forever about to vanquish the chicks: ‘a moment right before the third holocaust’, 2010 This morning, I received via WhatsApp this photo of Mr. Mohammed Al-Fraih...
View Articlethank you, ghada
ghada taking a photo of my painting, ‘eve takes a profile pic’ I want to thank Ghada Khalaf for two things: yesterday, she brought to my attention (via my ever-supportive sister-in-law J) this article*...
View Articlehomes } rana al-bahar & ghazi alhajery
lantern is a pretty little dot here. this picture took me by surprise. i love the scale! Baseball and lantern girls seem to have acclimatized nicely to their new home, sharing it with Rana Al-Bahar,...
View Articlehomes } khaled al-fraih
khaled was saying how he walked down the stairs to find the light from a window shining on her. i like that little story My Girl With a Book has found a new home in Khaled Al-Fraih’s art-filled house....
View Articlehomes } birgitte simonian } los angeles, california
her sister’s head How lucky for this girl to be in sunny California! She now lives with Birgitte Simonian, aka Bianca’s mom. Thank you, ladies, for taking such good care of my girl! What a lovely perch...
View Articlehomes } bianca simonian
You can’t really see them but these are the framed postcards from my last exhibition. They watch over Bianca at night, filtering any nightmare and turning it into a dream. Plus I love the way they look...
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