Roots
Mixed Media, (80cm x 108 cm)
Mixed Media, (80cm x 108 cm)
Roots is a collage of photos, maps, roads, and mountain ranges in Austria, linking to my body parts to show my longing to feel belonged resulting from feeling displaced. In Tyrol, I felt like my own roots originated from there, hence the tree-like composition and title. The piece is centered around an early memory with my mum playing Cat’s Cradle, symbolic of an important value she taught me: home is wherever family is. The orange roads further emphasize this as they are actual records of hikes my family and I took.
The First Fall of Snow
Oil on Canvas (25cm x 20cm)
Oil on Canvas (25cm x 20cm)
This intimate painting depicts the view I see from my bedroom window in Jerash, Jordan, during the first fall of snow. The gazebo’s form of an almost enclosed circle creates an electrifying bond between my family and I which feels unbreakable, no matter how far we live from each other. The snow is significant to an unforgettable memory in 2022 when we all stayed up late at night waiting anxiously for its first fall, and when it did, we all ran out of our houses cheering in blissful joy together.