Stay A While Painting

Umbreen Ahmad is a Muslim-American abstract artist. She grew up in Pakistan and moved to Houston at a young age. At nineteen, a serendipitous decision led her to move to Austin, TX and start painting. Her art is a safe place for expression and vulnerability. ​Umbreen finds inspiration in nature, her travels and the grand adventure we call life. The constant reminder that we are a small speck of creation in a vast, beautiful world that comes in many shades is simultaneously humbling and inspiring. She leans on the vibrancy of colors, softness of blending and dimensionality of texture and visible strokes to express and invoke emotions. She rely on oils, pastels, acrylics and inks to convey diverse emotions and hopes that these unassuming strokes provoke you, calm you or intrigue you. In many ways it is a form of mediation that enables her to cherish moments and memories that are several shades of life, yet through art infinitely peaceful.