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Fadwa Al-Shehri: An artist who paints with a knife
She paints with a knife and excels in it, and places in her paintings touches of the Hijazi and Asiri heritage. She also provided childhood letters, roses and peace.
She told Arab News that painting is a talent she has since childhood, she has developed it through personal study and extensive art culture.
Since her childhood she had a need to express herself, and since she was silent, she did not find a need to express through language, but she had found it in painting. “I wish I could achieve what I dream of doing now, it is worth to be achieved, because the artist is looking all his life for something that is tangible, just like a dream and this dream must come one day in a beautiful canvas,” she said.
She has tried to develop her talent with determination and through exploring international exhibitions and participation in local exhibitions in various parts of the Kingdom with the aim of meeting local, Arab and international artists.
Al-Shehri said, “In my art letters, I spontaneously aim to depict childhood, innocence and transparency. So you will find in my paintings under this title a sense of harmony between the feeling, the picture and light.
It is an aesthetic relationship that stems from the aspects of art and culture, and we can say that the emotions and suggestive and impressionistic effects in my works interfere with all its elements.”
Al-Shehri added, “Painting in my opinion is similar to poetry and writing; it is the translation of what is reserved in the feelings and understood by the mind. It is a tool for expression and an important, smooth tool to convey the concept through symbols and art forms, meaning that it is a color language that simulates the sensation directly. The painting is a situation that reflects the reality and pain of the human being, as is poetry through word and letters.”
“Painting addresses the human whatever his/her cultural level, and the pen addresses only those who know how to read. The pen is the most widely used tool of expression, and illiteracy is still widely spread in the community. Painting needs a special place to be displayed and presented to all classes in society.”
She continued, “A painting to me is a question or an answer to a question. From a personal point of view, I think it is objective and positive, it is also a lesson in its birth time given the circumstance surrounding it.
While there are different methods of art, just like of music as well as visual arts, including fine art, the media plays a big role in the audience’s feelings regarding the artwork, she said.
As an artist, she represents through her paintings images of Hijazi heritage, in which she explains the beauty of Al-Rawachin, ancient yards and alleyways and the wealth of the beautiful heritage, where she highlights the details and features of the place.
She also loves to paint roses and flowers, they are characterized by their softness and beautiful colors and sensations that gives the viewer comfort and tranquility.
“I like to paint flowers of different types of schools, abstraction, impressionism, sympathetic and realistic.
Source: www.arabnews.com