Born in Scotland to a Damascene family, I stradle seperate worlds and have, over time, become a stranger in all. Neither Western, nor oriental. Pious or profane, Muslim or Christian. 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 but not exclusively by Turko-Persian culture, relaying some of it’s beauty. Of course, I am not a strictly “traditional”miniaturist. Rather my paintings and drawings reflects the “spirit” of the world of Persian miniature (negârgari Irâni) much in the way Nihonga does 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.