Rehab

Image size : 70 cm x 40 cm

Image created using : Acrylic paint on wooden canvas.

RIP

Listen.Learn.Love

I went here Simon Lee Gallery to see Toby Ziegler 

I looked, I liked…

Then hidden away downstairs I came across Mel Bochner (images below) and I loved.

Text is my thing.

TTFN,

KK

4T.

40 minute madness.

I am not particularly interested in the forties.

This image took me 40 minutes to create winning the title ‘The Fab Forties’.

Image is : 130cm x 35cm

Image created using: Acrylic paint – Black & Turquoise. I then sanded the paint to create an aged effect and varnished to seel.

Merci – Au revoir.

KK

Kitty.

The original image from Vogue.

Two worlds collide .

My BFF has a vision – I create.

Unfortunately she can’t see the future, but in this case she is the visionary – I am the enabler.

Kitty close up.

Image is : 130cm x 95cm

Image created using: Acrylic paint – white, black, aubergine & gold.

The King

Pop Art King. My aunt and I felt the need to bond. We got together, sat down and made this.

Image is: 110cm x 70cm

Image created using: Acrylic paint, glitter, sequins & relief pens.

We also chatted in Latin and discussed ‘greater powers’.

I call this TH-ER-APY.

 

Q & A

Q: How do I learn to feel?

A: Walk down the road and hold your BFF’s hand, if you feel nothing you are dead inside.

Love, KK

When my wooden box met Hermes.

Once upon a time, I had an ugly plain wooden box lying around. I was feeling restless creative and decided to paint it bright orange. It reminded me of Hermes – and the beautiful boxes Hermes items are packed in. So I decided to go super chinese and create a vintage looking Hermes trunk/bedside table/storage unit.

BEFORE.

AFTER.

Still life surprise in the house waiting for Mom to get back from Miami.

Box created using:

Plain pine wooden box. Box painted using a mixture of bright orange and bronze acrylic paint to create the perfect shade. Details (Hermes Logo) in dark brown – hand painted with a super fine brush. Golden trunk locks and hinges used for vintage trunk like look. The box is sealed using paraffin wax making it resistant to mug/glass stains and any liquid spills.

When black met white.

I decided that I needed to ditch my perfectionist habits and paint free style. This is the result.

Image is 110cm x 70cm.

Image created using: Acrylic paint, high gloss varnish, silver oil paint and neon tape.

Her Highness.

أم كلثوم

Om Kalthoum – Died in 1975 – Still regarded as one of the greatest Egyptian singers/Song writers of all time.

I love her face and distinctive tacky style.

This is a pop art take on her portrait using a fleur-de-lis modern background and a hand sewn sequin collar.

My mother hung her in our house and someone offered her a hefty amount of pocket change took her away, right there and then -just like that. She claims she was giving me a lesson in the ‘art of dis-attachment’ to your own work.

The size is 60cm x 40xm

Image created using: Acrylic paint on canvas, chalk highlights and shading, sequin hand sewn collar and glossy varnish to finish and make drip free and potent enough to resist pain waterproof.

Keeping his spirit alive.

نجيب محفوظ

Dr. Naguib Mahfouz was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Literature Award.

After his death in 2006, I was commissioned to paint his portrait for a  crazy fan of Dr.Mahfouz’s and long time addict of his work gentlemans office in down town Cairo.

The above image was 45cm x 50cm.

Image created using: Acrylic paint on canvas – Black charcoal for definition and highlights.