laundry day

oil on canvas / 5.5" x 7" in (14cm x 18cm) / 2010 / $125

secret admirer

oil on canvas / 5.5" x 6.7" in (14cm x 17cm) / 2010
sold

a smoke for dessert

oil on canvas / 12" x 8" (30cm x 20cm) / 2010 / $400
sold

a love triangle

oil on canvas / 9.4" x 11.8" in (24cm x 30cm) / 2010 / $400
SOLD

street painter

oil on canvas / 5.5" x 6.7" in (14cm x 17cm) / 2010
sold

flower arranger with turban

oil on canvas / 5.5" x 6.7" in (14cm x 17cm) / 2010
sold

the cook and his lover (but no wife, and no thief)

the love affair has come to an end. the tension is palpable. charlotte is disappointed, her high expectations of love having settled back down to earth, and emotionally unavailable ahmed mohammad el sherif is fed up with being reprimanded for not succeeding in making the meringue rise, among a few other crucial details.


oil on canvas / 14.2" x 8.7" in (36cm x 22cm) / 2010

pool player in red

oil on canvas / 6.7" x 5.5" in (17cm x 14cm) / 2010
sold

chess playground: variation on a theme

oil on canvas / 11.8" x 7.9" in (30cm x 20cm) / 2010 / $350
sold



oil on board / 19.7" x 11.8" in (50cm x 30cm) / 2009 / $650

middle eastern sidewalk scene

role reversal: for once, it is the women who sit comfortably, gossiping, enjoying a lazy day, and observing the men in motion, on their way to do some of the dirty work.


oil on canvas / 5.5" x 6.7" in (30cm x 18cm) / 2010

sleeping and dreaming

my grandmother, before marriage. still carefree without worries. no obligation to make dinner, hang laundry, feed the cows, chase and slaughter chickens, put up with televised soccer games, and pretend that her husband's many infidelities were just an innocent distraction. but the wheels turned when impotence came knocking. the rules were hers again.


oil on canvas /27.6 " x 19.7" in (70cm x 50cm) / 2009 / $875
sold

date with dachshund

dachshund oil on canvas / 11.8" x 14.2" (30cm x 36cm) / 2010

ornamented girl portrait

oil on canvas / 4.7" x 4.7" in (12cm x 12cm) / 2010 
SOLD

afternoon nap

oil on canvas / 5" x 7" in (13cm x 18cm) / 2010 / $300
sold

sitting and smoking

oil on canvas / 5.5" x 6.7" in (14cm x 17cm) / 2010
SOLD

protruding pouch

oil on canvas / 5.5" x 6.7" in (14cm x 17cm) / 2010
SOLD

mopped floor

oil on canvas / 5" x 7" in (13cm x 18cm) / 2009
SOLD

three men at bus stop

oil on canvas / 6" x 6" in (15cm x 15cm) / 2009 / $200
SOLD

antique store

oil on canvas / 6.7" x 5.5" in (17cm x 14cm) / 2010
sold

the eccentric thief and a bowl with greens

not really a thief in a literal sense....his loyal customers call him that way, it is not exactly known why he became the thief. he cooks up a storm in a small hidden alleyway in a tiny kitchen, chopping away, frying, swearing loudly, making questionable jokes, and always a cigarette dangling from his mouth, but no one minds. as soon as he opens shop, the hungry come in droves. his claim to fame? beans (foul) and pickled eggplants.


oil on canvas / 6" x 6" in (15cm x 15cm) / 2010
SOLD



oil on canvas. 2009
SOLD

russian ladies chatting

oil on canvas / 6" x 6" in (15cm x 15cm) / 2009
sold

newspaper reader

leo, high powered attorney and thrice married, preferring the steps outside the office to the posh and air-conditioned lounge inside, is perusing the news. not the stock-market. not baseball. rather the obituaries. alfredo, an old friend and high powered italian mafia boss shot dead in five star chinatown eatery while dining on rice noodles and dumplings. what a pity.


oil on canvas / 6" x 6" in (15cm x 15cm) / 2009
SOLD

evicted pastry chef

Mr. Alparslan , courageous lion of turkish ancestry, is crossing the street in budapest on his way to seek solace in the arms of his besotted girlfriend.
a brilliant pastry chef with a volatile temper, he lost his privileged position at a prestigious establishment when his most recent tantrum ended with the kitchen in complete disarray, and a chopped off finger. this was an accident. he apologized profusely. powdered sugar had obscured his vision.


oil on canvas / 7.9" x 10.2" in (22cm x 26cm) / 2010

summer couple

oil on canvas / 5" x 7" in (13cm x 18cm) / 2009