ibrahim husein (1936-2009)

two days ago (feb 19) one of our nation great artist passed away. Since my younger day I never missed to visit the national gallery every weekends just to see his paintings over and over again. Never had a chance to meet him and now he's in haven. Ibrahim or Ib once said:

My paintings have parallel lives of personal emotion and social commentary. Artists, creative people, we're not practical, we work from the heart. It comes out of your private world and into the world everyone knows.

Here's to you Ib...

waiting

its my turn to sent the kids to music school and the sketch made with ball point pen I found lying on the floor (as I forgot to bring my favourite pen) with watercolor and moleskine watercolor paper. I began to like the moleskine watercolor paper.

my son 2

sketch of azib while watching his favourite cartoon network channel.

old sketch

old sketch from time magazine year 2008.

my father 2

My father is suffering from mild Alzheimer and I am praying hard his memory will not deteriorate badly. I am not an exemplary son but dad, I am trying my best to make you not to forget my name….

van gogh (hoh) aka vladimir of texas

I was reading a booklet given to me by my sister who visited van Gogh pronounces as van hoh museum Amsterdam. As ardent admirer of his work I try to sketch his self portrait but it did not come out right and turn out to be Vladimir from Texas. pencil , moleskine, watercolor.

Ratu/ queen

I had a very limited time for the past few weeks and managed to use my every ready available ball point pen with some touch up with my old hard gouche that was lying on the floor. blue ball pen gouche on moleskine.