Friday, 30 November 2007

 

Survival

Hassan canoeing in no-man's land.
Northern Ontario
Summer, 2007
Watercolour

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Monday, 19 November 2007

 

Green Door


Watercolour and crayon
40cm x 30 cm

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Wednesday, 24 October 2007

 

Fishing Boats









Alexandria, Egypt

Watercoulor
45 cm x 60 cm

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Saturday, 6 October 2007

 

Morning Glory Collection







Watercolour

45cm x 33cm

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Tuesday, 25 September 2007

 

Thornbury Harbour


Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada
Watercolour 36 cm x 27 cm




Here I am hard at work painting the habour.




We later went fishing and did not
have to invent a fish story!
Nice salmon netted by Aziz.

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Sunday, 2 September 2007

 

El Hakim Winter Home


Our friend Gehane El Hakim meticulously designed every detail of her Red Sea home, resulting in a breathtaking traditional style interior. I attempted to capture some of its creative freshness in this painting.




Gouna, Red Sea, Egypt
Watercoulour,
22 cm x 25 cm

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Monday, 13 August 2007

 

Pennylvania Landscape



I was commissioned by an American lady to paint this beautiful landscape around her Pennsylvania residence.


It took 6 days to complete. This is how it looked on day 2.

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Saturday, 12 May 2007

 

Corner Store


Cairo, Egypt
Watercolour
2007

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Tuesday, 1 May 2007

 

Drip Dry



2007, Toronto , Canada

Watercolour, 22cm x33cm

A study in free and watery brush strokes


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Tuesday, 17 April 2007

 

Architectural Detail




2007, Old Cairo

medium: watercolour

40cm x 60cm



Rendering of the "stalactites" on the west wall of the Sultan Baybars mausoleum.



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Sheesha






2007,

medium: Watercolour

28cm x 36cm

Ladies enjoying their sheeshas (water pipes).

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Wednesday, 24 January 2007

 

Bullmoose




2007, Algonquin Park, Ontario,
medium: watercolour



This painting was inspired by a photo taken by my sons during their adventurous trip in the wild. Luckily, the moose did not charge!


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Sunday, 14 January 2007

 

Palm Trees

2007, Near Aswan, Egypt
medium: watercolour


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Thursday, 28 December 2006

 

View From Kitchen Window


2006, Brittany, France
medium: watercolour
size: 40cm x 35cm


This painting portrays the view of the guest house from the kitchen window of Laila's vacation home, an old converted mill. It has become customary for us to spend summer vacations with her. After seeing this, she created her own "patchwork" interpretation.(a cloth cut-and-sew medium she has mastered) .

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Hypostyle Hall,Temple of Karnak




2006, Upper Egypt
medium: watercolour
Size: 40cm x 60cm

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Wednesday, 27 December 2006

 

Gamal el Dine Adh-Dhabi House



2006, Old Cairo

medium: watercolour


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Grant


2006 , Wasaga Beach, Ontario
medium: watercolour

Size: 25cm x 30cm

My friend Rafik's old sleepy dog


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Timber Bridge


2006, Lighthouse Point

Collingwood, Ontario

medium: watercolour


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Tuesday, 31 January 2006

 

Gouna Marina

2006, Gouna , Red Sea
medium: watercolour
size: 35cm x 60cm
Many fish stories have emerged from Gerard's boat

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Thursday, 19 January 2006

 

Silverware Bazar


2006, Cairo

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Saturday, 14 January 2006

 

Nile Village

2006, along the River Nile, Egypt
medium: watercolour

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Saturday, 31 December 2005

 

Majorca Village



2005, Campanet, Spain

View from Paula's window

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Wednesday, 28 December 2005

 

Side Entrance

Side entrance to my cousin's vacation residence


2005, Brittany, France.
medium: pencil and watercolour
25cm x 30cm







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Sunday, 16 January 2005

 

Angry Sea


2004, Atlantic Canada
medium: watercolour

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Friday, 31 December 2004

 

Very Cold



2004, Georgian Bay, Canada

medium: watercolour

Cold, cold day in the northern wilderness.


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Thursday, 30 December 2004

 

The Courtyard


2004, Old Cairo
medium: watercolour
A typical Ottoman house with an open courtyard.

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El Hara


2005, Old Cairo
medium: watercolour
A busy lane in a mixed residential, commercial district

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Tuesday, 28 December 2004

 

Brittany Home

2004, Brittany, France
medium: pencil
size: 25cm x 30cm


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Wednesday, 14 January 2004

 

Hand Etude





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Sunday, 4 January 2004

 

Resort Condo






The sketch as developed in first day, and the seventh day

2004, Soukhna, Red Sea

medium: pencil

View of neighbour's place, from Malak's condo deck

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Saturday, 28 December 2002

 

Red Sea View


2002, Gouna
Medium: pencil and watercolour
size: 30cm x 30 cm
This is a sketch looking out of my brother's chalet







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Tuesday, 14 January 1992

 

African Mask



1992, Niger

medium: pencil

During my travels in Africa, I picked up and sketched this Nigerian witchdoctor mask .


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Thursday, 27 December 1984

 

Toronto City Hall


1984, Toronto, Canada

Medium: pencil

View from the 42nd floor of the First Canadian Place office tower


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Thursday, 27 December 1979

 

View of Old Cairo


1979, Cairo, Egypt

artist: Mohsen Rifaat

medium: felt-tip pen


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Wednesday, 27 December 1978

 

Desert Construction

1978, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Large construction site during the early Saudi boom

medium: pen and ink


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