Current Exhibit
From Baghdad to Baltimore
The original oil paintings of Ms. Najwa Al-Amin
Artist Statement
I love colors. They make life brighter. Pablo Picasso said" Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up". Growing up I forgot about the artist me. One day I decided to look deep into my own self for that forgotten artist, I found her, and the artist became my whole being, ever since.
Biography
Ms. Al-Amin is an Iraqi artist living near Baltimore, Maryland. She was born and raised in Baghdad and lived in the capital until the late 1990s. When she was a child, she often traveled alongside her father, who was a university teacher and administrator, to Egypt, Morocco, Lebanon and United Arab Emirates. Ms. Al-Amin graduated from the American High School in Baghdad and later earned an Engineering degree at the University of Baghdad.
One of her mentors is the Iraqi artist, Nathira al-Kuttab, who now lives in Spain. Another mentor was her late father, Mohamed Jasim al-Amin, an Iraqi poet who introduced her to the milieu of art and literature when she was sixteen.
Ms. Al-Amin's medium is oil on paper, board and canvas. The work celebrates a boundless world of images and figures in soft as well as strong tones. "Wars and conflicts left no colors in the Middle East desert's life", she says. "So I put them into my art, to turn sadness into happiness and replace anger with peace." Her paintings express the passion of an ancient culture, and her techniques are as diverse and elegant as the artist herself.
One of her mentors is the Iraqi artist, Nathira al-Kuttab, who now lives in Spain. Another mentor was her late father, Mohamed Jasim al-Amin, an Iraqi poet who introduced her to the milieu of art and literature when she was sixteen.
Ms. Al-Amin's medium is oil on paper, board and canvas. The work celebrates a boundless world of images and figures in soft as well as strong tones. "Wars and conflicts left no colors in the Middle East desert's life", she says. "So I put them into my art, to turn sadness into happiness and replace anger with peace." Her paintings express the passion of an ancient culture, and her techniques are as diverse and elegant as the artist herself.
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| A Village 40x30 (Najwa Al-Amin) SOLD | A Kite Over A City I & II 15x30 (Najw Al-Amin) $375 per painting(#I-SOLD) | Baltimore 24x36 (Najw Al-Amin) $400 |
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| Kids Flying Kites 16x20 (Najwa Al-Amin) SOLD | Magical City 24x36 (Najwa Al-Amin) SOLD | Meadow 40x30 (Najwa Al-Amin) SOLD |
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| Orange Orchards in Dyala 22x28 (Najwa Al-Amin) $475 | Riding A Kite Looking Down 36x32 (Najwa Al-Amin $750 | Windows I & II 16x24 (Najwa Al-Amin) $600 per painting |
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