Born in Scotland to a Damascene family, now balacing both an academic career and artistic life. For the past ten years I’ve been immersed in the dazzling world of Anatolian Sufism and the Bektashi Order specifically. The artistic endevours shown here are my modest attempt to convey the unique “imaginal world” of Turko-Persian Islamic culture and relay some of it’s beauty. Of course, I am not a strictly “traditional” Islamic artist or miniaturist. Rather my paintings and drawings reflects the “spirit” of the world of Persian miniature (negârgari Irâni) much in the way Nihonga has for traditional Japanese art. My other influences are early 20th century fashion illustration, British Art Nouveau (particularly Frances MacDonald and Aubrey Bearsley) and Meiji era ukiyo-e woodblocks. I am currently preparing to submit my doctoral thesis on contemporary Bektashi aesthetics while continuing to paint and continuously interpreting a rich, and too often overlooked cultural and spiritual tradition.