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Thank you for looking at my art...to me, you're a star✫.

This site is to showcase my artistic adventures.

There is something to be said for owning an original painting

that nobody in the whole world will have a copy of.

Garments (16" by 20" Mixed Media).

This painting is inspired by companionship, and the description of a man and woman being like ‘garments for one another’, to cover, protect, and care.

I am currently interested in bringing character to cityscapes, by characterizing the buildings I paint…reflecting the real life situations we are exposed to daily.

Purposely the paintings shows a difficult and inconsistent backdrop, the buildings bringing clarity to each other.

This painting, and others, is showing at Ideas Bank until the end of February - contact me for more details.

Artist of the Month - The Muslim Paper.

I was pleased to be recently selected as the first ever 'Artist of the Month' for 'The Muslim Paper', which has a large circulation on the London tube and surrounding areas...

Look out for the article. I especially like the way they've carefully placed a picture of brightly coloured buildings on the page also...reminded me a little of my cityscapes, quite inspiring to me actually.

On a less bright note, mo*star art* is supporting the continued Aid effort in Haiti...the situation has created many new Orphans, please see www.one-london.co.uk for more details.

In February I am due to give a talk as part of the Community Arts Development workshop schedule, to support local artists. For more information on this please get in touch via the 'Contact' page or mo*star art* on 'Facebook'.

Recently I was invited by The Three Faiths Forum to show some art at Artifice, in celebration of the launch of Karen Armstrong’s Charter for Compassion and the UK’s first Inter Faith Week. The Three Faiths Forum works to generate understanding, goodwill and friendship in wider society, encouraging intercultural dialogue through the Arts.

In addition a new painting "Crying Dome III - Painting a Brighter Future" was presented as a prize at the FQMS Annual Gala, thanks to the organisers for all their hard work.

Below is an initial image of the canvas, please see the Original Paintings section for closer detail.

A paintbrush reaches on to the canvas, to try to paint a better picture of the present and brighten the future. The brush strokes are tentative, softly trying to repaint the scene, contrasting the surrounding bold, heavy strokes. For a more detailed look please see the Inspirations gallery.

Al Mizan (The Balance)

I am continuing to try to improve my art, experimenting with colour and with texture. I would call this stylised arabic...I've taken a word and concept which means something to me, and tried to create an interesting form - to paint it in a different way.

I personally would not consider this painting as not written "Calligraphy", which is a skill that must be studied to truly be able to write freehand. I try not to do the type of "Calligraphy" which i see as the opposite of the ethos of islamic art and invention - meaning, the kind done using a stencil of Arabic script over a background with little thought of technique or expression. For a closer look please see the 'Inspirations' gallery.

"Harvey and the Fountain" is a one off commission, for a father who wanted to capture this moment when his son, Harvey, came running to him with a water droplet hanging from his chin from playing in the fountain. I've tried to capture the softness of the photograph whilst keeping the focus on Harvey's inquisitive face. To see the painting in more details please navigate to The World Around Us gallery.

Architecture and cities are a consistent theme within my art, I find inspiration in a sense of movement and energy around us.

I'm exploring the theme of movement within cities, and the concept of bringing to life my urban surroundings through painting techniques - capturing energy through fluidity, colour, and vibrant strokes and mark-making.

Some examples of recent Cityscapes can be seen below, with more in the World Around Us gallery section.