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My pieces of work explore the themes of architectural identity and heritage. I focus on capturing the essence of Paris and my personal experiences in the Middle East and Eindhoven. These pieces aim to get the audience to consider a sense of place and time. I use a wide range of materials and techniques to help architectural details and the connection between tradition and modernity stand out. In this exhibition, I aim to invite the audience to reflect on how architecture shapes cultural and personal identity, and to appreciate the beauty in both detailed realism and abstract representation.

I did many tests using a wide range of materials to achieve different textures and effects. Parisian Elements, a fine-lining pen drawing on paper, depicts the tedious details of Parisian architecture. Inspired by Karen Stamper, it is created in a concertina format using mixed media, emphasizing precision and detail. Parisian Focus, an acrylic painting on wood, highlights a specific architectural detail from Parisian Elements. Influenced by Caillebotte, it uses layers of paint to achieve color accuracy and depth, showcasing the unique styles of Parisian buildings. Transitioning to three-dimensional form, Architectural Harmony, a clay sculpture inspired by David Umemoto, incorporates elements from my Parisian works. Featuring multiple faces of the city, it uses color to convey mood and pushes the boundaries of representing architectural beauty.

Shifting to the Middle East, Distorted Heritage, portrays an old mosque in Jeddah using a limited blue-and-orange acrylic palette. A distorted twist conveys my personal experience and cultural identity, inspired by Charles Sheeler and my own photographs. Flashback, a stencil acrylic painting on wood, represents Jeddah’s skyline in black and white, creating sharp contrasts and a polished look. Expanding my architectural exploration globally, SAINT PAUL DE VENCE, an acrylic on canvas, focuses on a small French town, inspired by Edvard Munch’s The Scream. Siena, an acrylic on wood painting of a distorted church in Siena, draws from a postcard and John Piper’s work. Exploring a different culture, I created Doors, two acrylic paintings of Mexican doors inspired by my holiday and Nabis. My final piece, LichtStad, is an acrylic on wood stencil of Eindhoven’s skyline set against a sky influenced by Munch’s The Scream, concluding my architectural study.

The exhibition space I was allocated was shaped in a U shape making it ideal to guide the audience through my journey showcasing the different cultural aspects of architecture. The exhibit is set in a U-shaped format with a clear start and finish to it, starting with "Parisian Elements" and "Parisian Focus" to introduce the world of detailed architectural exploration in Paris. I will then move along to  "Architectural Harmony," which is placed in the center of the exhibition and serves as a focal point to transition from Parisian to Middle Eastern themes; it shall also mark a focus point on architecture and the common theme and will mark the start of my use of stencils which will be continued. The audience is then introduced to "Distorted Heritage,' ' showing the shift in geographical focus and medium. Then comes "Flashback," which is the start of stencils which is followed up by Doors and Siena and Lichtstad which shows a clear journey. This layout would make the audience's understanding of my artistic exploration easy to follow and understand the journey I completed and underline the connectedness of architecture, identity, and memory in my work. I hope this exhibition inspires an audience to challenge the perception of architectural beauty and identity and appreciate the fine details and the wide cultural narratives that buildings and structures tell.
 

 

 

Parisian Elements (October 2023)

Gesso, ink, conté crayon, newspaper on paper

28cm x120cm

Parisian elements was a chance to show Paris with the use of premade backgrounds and limited supplies taking a series of self made photographs of places in the 16th and drawing them using a fine lining pen on a surface we had pre-made not knowing whether or not it would work out with the image. The limited supplies forced the little details that could be made, to be of quality and be very defined. My piece was inspired by Karen Stamper more specifically her use of tones and colour really interested me as we were limited.
 

 

 

Parisian focus (October 2023)

Acrylic paint on wood

19 cm x 58cm

Parisian focus explores a specific detail of Parisian elements on my self made photographs. I have taken a close up of a section of my piece of parisian elements that I then painted using various layers of paint to ensure detail and colour accuracy. The aim of this was to show the Parisian style and really focus on architecture as that is a theme that will be coming back more and more in my pieces. I took inspiration from Caillebotte who also focuses on architecture in Paris. The city is therefore perfect when doing this theme as it allows me to explore so many types as the one in this piece.
 

SAINT PAUL DE VENCE (October 2024)

Acrylic on canvas

120x160

SAINT PAUL DE VENCE is a piece made based on my 2024 summer. The piece is a continuation of my other pieces where I continue to explore architecture. The painting is of a small town in the south of France SAINT PAUL DE VENCE the painting focuses on the house in the foreground while the background is distorted, a similar technique used in my other pieces. Edvard Munch inspires the technique used in the piece.
 

 

 

Architectural Harmony (December 2023)

Ceramics, oxide and glaze

25cm x 10 cm x 14 cm

Architectural Harmony is a piece based on details from both previous artworks  which have been made abstract. The piece takes inspiration from David Umemoto who makes many architecturally inspired concrete sculptures. My sculpture focuses on the common theme of architecture and aims to represent Paris in an abstract manner. The multiple faces of the sculpture depict different parts and details of Paris; the use of colour also depicts the parisian mood and style of buildings. This piece was inspired by Michael Cleff.

 

 

Distorted Heritage (March 2024)

Acrylic on wood

93 x 72 cm

Distorted Heritage is part of the shock of reality. The piece represents an old mosque in Jeddah and is inspired by the time that I lived there. However the piece has a shock of reality twist to it as you can see there has been made use of only a select colour palette blue and yellow with many shades of each colour the piece is meant to represent my time spent there with a distorted twist of the unit. The challenge of only using two colours shows how much variety there is and how many different approaches there are to the making process.
 

 

 

 

Flashback (May 2024)

Stencil acrylic paint on wood

86 x 31 cm

Flashback is a piece that again represents my time spent in Jeddah the piece is inspired by the time that I spent there but also the skyline which I chose to make and showcase the use of black and white in my opinion is a basic yet effective choice as the white makes the black and darker greys pop out and make it very clear and focused. This is also due to the fact that I made use of stencilling which ensured crisp lines and sharp edges leading to a more finished look. The piece also brings an end to my shock of reality.
 

 

 

 

Doors (February 2025)

Acrylic on wood 

41x56

My piece explores architectural identity through the image of Mexican doors. Using acrylic on wood, I employed stencil techniques reminiscent of Nabis artists to create a layered composition that blurs the lines between abstraction and realism. The work captures the essence of passage and transformation, inviting viewers to reflect on history and the symbolic nature of doors in between past and present. 
 

 

 

Siena (January 2025)

Acrylic on wood 

41x56

Inspired by the rich architectural heritage of Siena, this piece captures the city’s timeless beauty through the interplay of form and texture. Using acrylic on wood and stencil techniques, I felt inspired by the artist John Piper, blending abstraction with structural precision. The work reflects a personal connection to place, evoking memories of travel while exploring the intersection of history, architecture and artistic interpretation. 
 

 

 

Lichtstad (March 2025)

Acrylic on wood

59x136

Rooted in personal history, Lichstad captures the skyline of Eindhoven, the artist’s hometown. Using acrylic on wood and stencil techniques, I explored the architectural identity of the city transforming familiar buildings into shapes and colors.  The piece reflects a deep connection to place, evoking the importance of my country through an urban landscape but also the relationship between memory, form, and space.