Thoughts & Prayers

This body of work represents many things combined and nothing at all. I visualize music, mutations of a spreading virus, or the jolting culture shock of being at Burning Man one week and Kuwait the next. My tenth-floor apartment in Kuwait is just mere meters from the minaret of a neighboring mosque. At first, the five daily adhans rattled me as they overlapped one another to create sonic collisions. Over time, I came to appreciate the layered discord from these reminders of gratitude and humility. Distraught by violence and vitriol on the news and social media, I desired an escape from political arguments and superficial platitudes – particularly those following mass shootings.

I sought to save my psychological and spiritual well-being through meditational drawing and hopefully transmit feelings of joy and bliss to others. I aim to discover harmony from chaotic asymmetry, rhythmic disruptions, and disparate influences. I blend and distort imagery inspired by an amalgamation of motifs such as stained glass, psychedelia, science, street art, and sacred geometry. These synesthesia-stimulated drawings depict the kaleidoscopic phantasmagoria of my semi-lucid subconscious and divine introspective explorations. Or, simply put, they originate from doodles I make when I'm in a meeting. These works are drawn with ink and colored pencils on acid-free archival cotton rag paper.

Anthropomorphic Anticipation, 40 x 30 cm

Eternal Orbits
ink & colored pencil on archival cotton rag paper
60 x 45 cm / 24 x 18 inches

Circles spinning, never still, A dance of light, a cosmic will. Colors bloom and overlap, Infinite paths on a galactic map.

A thousand spheres, a milli

This section of mural next to AUK is inspired by Islamic geometric patterns from the Tomb of Itimad ud-Daula in Agra, India.

Thank you to the Kuwait National Council for Culture, Arts, and Letters @kw_nccal Al Fenn Al Thalith Public Mural Project a

Prismatic Pathways
ink and colored pencil on archival cotton paper
60 x 45 cm / 24 x 18 inches

Beneath the gaze of wandering eyes, A maze unfolds, where colors rise. Each shard of light, a woven thread, In hues where dreams and truths are wed.

An

Ramadan Mubarak! May this Ramadan fill your life with compassion, joy, and gratitude for all the blessings.

This section of the mural wall next to AUK is inspired by an Islamic geometric pattern at the Great Mosque of Herat in Afghanistan.

Thank y

This section of the mural next to AUK is inspired by the Islamic geometric patterns found at the Mustansiriya Madrasa in Baghdad, Iraq. Thank you to the Kuwait National Council for Culture, Arts, and Letters @kw_nccal for this wonderful opportunity t

This section of the mural next to AUK was inspired by the Chella Necropolis in Morocco. Big thank you to @kw_nccal @auk_official @art.design.auk for your support!

Honored to share my stencil making process for risoprints and murals at the Creative Printmaking Conference @tibaa.kw lectures held at AUK @auk_official. Big thanks you to @kw_nccal @phahadali @artstudiokwt @lubnasaif for their hard work and organiza

Unraveled Utopia
ink and colored pencil on cotton rag paper
60 x 45 cm, 24 x 18 inches

A garden blooms in perfect lines, Where petals merge and light defines, A tapestry of hues that blend, With no beginning, no clear end.

Each curve unfolds a vivi

Radiant Reverberations
ink and colored pencil on archival cotton paper
60 x 45 cm / 24 x 18 inches

Radiant Reverberations

Beneath a sky of shifting hue, A tapestry of dreams breaks through. Lines converge, then dance apart, Geometry whispers the s

Using hand cut stencils, I painted this vibrant mural at the Salty Duck @saltybatta restaurant in Salmiya, Kuwait. Celebrating Islamic geometric designs that bridge centuries of architectural beauty and cultural heritage, I drew inspiration from nine

This mural painted on seventh section of the wall by AUK is inspired by Islamic geometric design from the Al Fahidi Historical District in Dubai, UAE. Thank you to the Kuwait National Council for Culture, Arts, and Letters @kw_nccal Al Fenn Al Thalit

Stellar Bloom
ink and colored pencil on archival cotton paper
60 x 45 cm / 24 x 18 inches

Stellar Bloom

Beneath a sky of endless hue, A garden bursts, both bold and true. Stars unfurl in radiant flair, Their petals spinning through the air.

A cos

The sixth section of the wall by AUK is inspired by an Islamic Geometric pattern found in the East Tower of Kharraqan in Kharraqan, Iran. Thank you to the National Council for Culture, Arts, and Letters @kw_nccal for their support and organisation of

The fifth mural on the wall next to AUK is inspired by the ‘Abd Al-Samad Complex in Natanz, Iran. Thank you to the Kuwait National Council for Culture, Arts, and Letters @kw_nccal Al Fenn Al Thalith Public Mural Project for their continued supp

Illuminated Reflections
ink and colored pencil on archival cotton paper
60 x 45 cm / 24 x 18 inches

Illuminated Reflections

In the prism of the painted light, A dance of shapes, both sharp and bright. Colors whisper, hues ignite, A story told in d

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The fourth section of the wall by AUK is inspired by Islamic geometric patterns from the Ak Medrese in Nigde, Türkiye. Thank you to the Kuwait National Council for Culture, Arts, and Letters @kw_nccal Al Fenn Al Thalith Publc Murals Project for

The third section of the wall next to AUK is inspired by an Islamic geometric pattern found in the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria. Thank you to the Kuwait National Council for Culture, Arts, and Letters @kw_nccal for the opportunity to be a part o

$Fractured Prism ink and colored pencil on cotton rag paper 60x45 cm, 24x18 inches A prism shattered, yet whole it remains, In fractured light, a kaleidoscope reigns. Each shard a hue, a story, a voice, A chaotic orchestra, a serendipitous choice. A$

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