As most of us know, Dubai was one of the places that was heavily affected by the financial crisis, Many people were laid off under the justification of "Downsizing", "Restructuring" and "Cash flow problems" .
Farah Nasrawi a talented designer -who happens to be my cousin - was one of those people mentioned above, but instead of losing faith, hanging around, and doing nothing she starts working on her painting skill, which I found amazing, I shall leave you now with some of her paintings.
Note: the description under each picture is taken as mentioned by the artist.
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Zakhrafah on Ceramic plate - work in progress.
Close up of zakhrafah on ceramic plate.
Foot sketch in indian ink
Caramel asleep again
Front door (fly screen) of her home before it was demolished... She in that house for 24 years of her life..
End product of the ceramic plate, exhibited at "The Commers" Exhibition at the Al Serkal House, Sharjah
Titled: I've got my hands tied
Description: My cat, Caramel - was asleep next to me one night....I couldn't resist sketching her!
Description: You can decide what this is - i know what it is! :P
Description: Butterfly - taken from a real image i found in one of my dad's old Butterfly books.
Description:In a dark moment..
Description: Happy!
Description: Hope
Description:Ornamentation (Zakharafah) that i worked on this summer - the Arabic Calligraphy in the center still needs to be added.
Description: A close up of the ornamentation (zakhrafeh), so detailed, everything hand drawn and painted, took almost a month and a half - which was record-breaking!
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