I have painted on location in my neighborhood in Beirut (usually with my watercolors) and had to deal with the noise, traffic, weather... just the overall hecticness of painting on location in a city. And sometimes I have seen a great view for a potential painting when i'm walking through the city but didn't have the time or my art materials with me. So now I have taken many photographs, digital pictures that I can refer to in my studio to develop paintings. Sometimes if I just go through my pictures, I'll remeber a view... a balcony, a doorway, a vegtable stand... and either pack up my stuff and off to paint it. Or, in my studio work from the picture and my memory and even go back to the location with my work to further paint it. There is just so much inspiration and views which I want to do that I have started a New Series of Acrylic Paintings on a small scale 20x20cm on wood panels. Following are the first set of paintings in this series. My goal is to complete 2 a week. If your interested in purchasing, please contact me nsalamouny@hotmail.com
American University of Beirut
20x20cm Acrylic on Wood
The following painting is of a typical balcony of a Lebanese house but with the added feature of the carpets...as I sat and painted this one on sight I thought about how my own carpets could use a cleaning. But I’d rather paint right now.
Lebanese Balcony with Hanging Carpets
20x20cm Acrylic on Wood
Lebanese House with Stain Glass Windows
20x20cm Acrylic on Wood
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