simple beautiful shape painting – the Hijab

Abstract Figure Paintings   simple beautiful shape painting – the Hijab  The western world would call it a scarf and wear it without association of anything particularly important. If you are a Muslim woman you would call it a khimaar but non Muslims know it as...

Exciting abstract figure art – Bounce

Abstract Figure Paintings   exciting abstract figure art two figures dancing perhaps but certainly happy to be together. this abstract figure painting is also surreal, a mixture of the two it seems. painted with pure watercolour to create vibrant colours in a...

muted abstract figure art – threatened

Abstract Figure Paintings   muted abstract figure art creating a powerful feeling of threat with melancholic undertones. The arrangement of the shapes makes a sense of threatening to what could be a figure. Joyful colours in those shapes would have given a...

Abstract war figure paintings – a soldier’s return

Contemporary War Paintings   Soldiers returning from war may already be dead or injured, and almost certainly numb. This abstract figure painting attempts to capture the moment of return. The gender of the figure is indeterminate, both sexes were suffering from...

painting inspired by the first world war – aftermath

Contemporary War Paintings   The soldiers who survived the battle had plenty of time to think. Time to recall the horrors of killing, time to recall their pals being blown to pieces in front of them, time to feel lucky until the next time. And if they could not...