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This piece was born millions of years ago, in the form of two rocks I picked up in East London and on Mount Lebanon, respectively: the two lands I call home. I extracted the pigment from these rocks and brought them together as layers of colour to depict the Arabic word برّ which spells both "reverence, devotion" and "land, wilderness."

I made 4 in total, each unique as the colour varies slightly from one to the other. They are sold framed as shown.

The medium is egg tempera (egg yolk mixed with wine) and the gold is genuine 23.75ct gold leaf. You can watch me making it, from rock to finished art, in this 5-minute video: http://vimeo.com/majnouna/reverence.
This piece was born millions of years ago, in the form of two rocks I picked up in East London and on Mount Lebanon, respectively: the two lands I call home. I extracted the pigment from these rocks and brought them together as layers of colour to depict the Arabic word برّ which spells both "reverence, devotion" and "land, wilderness."

I made 4 in total, each unique as the colour varies slightly from one to the other. They are sold framed as shown.

The medium is egg tempera (egg yolk mixed with wine) and the gold is genuine 23.75ct gold leaf. You can watch me making it, from rock to finished art, in this 5-minute video: http://vimeo.com/majnouna/reverence.
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Reverence for the Land Painting

Joumana Medlej

United Kingdom

Painting, Tempera on Paper

Size: 11.8 W x 11.8 H x 0.4 D in

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This piece was born millions of years ago, in the form of two rocks I picked up in East London and on Mount Lebanon, respectively: the two lands I call home. I extracted the pigment from these rocks and brought them together as layers of colour to depict the Arabic word برّ which spells both "reverence, devotion" and "land, wilderness." I made 4 in total, each unique as the colour varies slightly from one to the other. They are sold framed as shown. The medium is egg tempera (egg yolk mixed with wine) and the gold is genuine 23.75ct gold leaf. You can watch me making it, from rock to finished art, in this 5-minute video: http://vimeo.com/majnouna/reverence.

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Painting:Tempera on Paper

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Size:11.8 W x 11.8 H x 0.4 D in

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I'm a British-Lebanese artist who moved from Beirut to East London about a decade ago. I'm best known for reviving archaic styles of Arabic calligraphy (the Kufi scripts) and the medieval art materials that accompany them. My work reflects my experience of the world as being alive with mystery. It invites the viewer to step into this forgotten space by holding them in wonder and stillness: in this vulnerable moment, when one is silenced by beauty and by not-knowing, remembrance can stir. To this end, the work takes on different shapes, from images of contemplation made up of unreadable words to multisensory interactive objects that tell an unspoken story.

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