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Born
in Beirut
I paint sacred art themes on parchment, in
the Christian and Islamic Faith. After a long research on how
to paint on parchment, I use my own methods in treating
goatskin to be the base of my artwork. After several
treatments, I work in relief forms for the special design
followed by the gilding and then I do the painting for the
Christian themes in scenes from the Bible and Christian
prayers in many languages, English, Armenian, Arabic, Greek,
French, Syriac, Italian, Spanish, French and German . As for
my Islamic parchments, I paint the verses from the Koran in
arabic calligraphy and also design and paint arabesque
designs. |
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Born
in Beirut
I use the tradional Byzantine technique in
painting my icons, in egg tempera using natural pigments that
I extract from minerals and plants. With a golden or silver
background on gessoed wood, I embellish them with precious and
semi precious stones and pearls.
As a
geologist-iconographer my research has led me to the
rediscovery of 89 natural pigments. As for the icon-crosses, I
design and paint them emphasizing on the traditional symbols
of different Christian sects, and I ornate them with precious
stones After having seen more than a thousand churches ,I also
enjoy painting murals and frescoes on the walls and use the
same technique for portable murals. Combining arts and
sciences in paying homage to the Creator, I also restore old
and damaged icons to bring back their glamour and conserve
them to keep the tradition for ages to come. |