Yasmin Al-Mutawa works mainly in watercolor and her art shows imagination, whimsy, and beauty. Much of her artwork is inspired by the forms, colors, and textures she experienced as a child living in the desert and along the shore of the Sea of Kuwait. She says, “My earliest memories are of walking along the beach in Sha’ab discovering sea life in tidal pools filled with tiny fish, crabs, and swirling seaweed.” Her creative vision brings these memories to life in enchanting colorful paintings full of movement and the rhythms of nature. These stretches of “endless and unspoiled” landscape live on vividly in her memory. Come see this wonderful show at WAG.
"Multitudes" by Amber Linkey
Phoenix-based artist, Amber Linkey, has been making things her entire life. She says, "One of my favorite parts of the process is finding common ground with other people." Linkey relies on her art to share herself with others, and to help others open up to their own feelings and experiences and feel safe doing so. Toward the latter end, she creates escapist ethereal spaces leaning heavily on the influence of music and its tempo as she moves paint around the canvas. Linkey says we all "contain multitudes," and we should not allow our true selves to be boxed in by our own fears or the expectations of others. She says, "I want my work to give people the freedom to escape, be seen, or confront." This beautiful show provides your own opportunity to rest in these otherworldly realms, to shed the feeling of being invisible, and to challenge the expectations placed on you by yourself and others.
