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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.

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.

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