Born in Scotland to a Damascene family of Balkan origins, I stradle seperate worlds and have, over time, become a stranger in all. Neither Western, nor oriental. Pious or profane. Overtly Masculine or Feminine. The drawings you see here are also exhibit this liminality. Arched, unnervingly tall figures, instantiations of the imaginal world, litter my imagination and pour into these pages.

Some of the artistic endevours shown here are my modest attempt to convey this unique “imaginal world”, informed heavily by Turko-Persian culture, European Medieval Illumination and Byzantine Art, relaying some of it’s beauty.

My other influences are early 20th century fashion illustration, British Art Nouveau (particularly Frances MacDonald and Aubrey Bearsley) and Meiji era ukiyo-e woodblocks.