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Amid the Sands

In One Rhythm

Oil on canvas, 130 × 80 cm Private collection

About the artwork

The thrill of a daring race — an echo of our ancestors. Success lies in the unity and complete understanding between the horse and its rider. Their determination, breath, and heartbeat move in one rhythm. They share a single desire: to be the first to reach the finish line.

Thoughts

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Amid the Sands

This series was born from impressions of the Emirates — a place where the desert is never merely a silent backdrop. It moves with people, vehicles, animals, wind, light, and time. I was drawn to the constant proximity of ancient silence and contemporary speed: caravans, falcons, campfires, and coffee pots existing alongside racing, off-road vehicles, ports, and cities rising on the horizon like mirages. These works are not intended as a literal portrait of a place. They are painterly impressions of heat, open space, movement, and traces left across the sand. Here, sand is more than a color or a landscape. It is memory, distance, and a surface that keeps the marks of a journey. Movement becomes the thread connecting tradition and the present.
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