Paintings from The Middle East
Light of Heaven
The desert town shines in shades of pink
Grown out of clay and sand
The color of clay
I gather it in my hand
a delicate umber
that sings in the quivering light of the sun
Shady pines
like graphic silhouettes
I find my palette
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Silk Routes
Outside the walls
Inside the walls
A few lines
recount the architecture of the city
the walls are horizontal lines
the alley and the doors are vertical lines
no windows
disclose a lived life within
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Desert Land
The desert land is the universe of delicate shades
And pitch-black desert night
Silence and starry nights
Sandstorm and the land of the four winds
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Study in Afghanistan
In Afghanistan it was forbidden to work with paintings. I had higher walls build around my ‘studio’ on the roof of our residence. None of the neighbors should be able to see what I was doing. Often, I make color samples on site, as we cannot recall shades. I used the desert soil and mixed shades that I would be able to work further with in my studio at home.
More Paintings
To paint has become an imperative to me. The joy of life is hidden in playing with the magic of colors and nature’s ornaments – in flow. Immersion and a temple of forgetting my own self. A manner to keep my sense of interconnectedness. Interconnectedness with nature and universe.