Artistic patterns and organic shapes based on nature stretch across Hala Schoukair's art with a soothing and ethereal delight. Nature’s essence and sensation is at home throughout Schoukair's paintings.

Her works of art zoom into earth’s landscape, emerging with spectacular waves of sequences, receptive to the depicted environment, taking the viewer’s sentiments onto other worldly and mystical artistic scenes.

Schoukair’s enticing art often expresses itself with one colour, echoing out in multiple shades, and cocooning within her floral motifs and repetitive brushstrokes, powerful messages evoked in a gentle and sensitive manner.

This May at MENART FAIR in Paris, Hala Schoukair will be exhibiting with La Galerie Bessières Art Contemporain. As we await to view her paintings connecting nature with art, we spoke to the artist on her work and inspirations...

Serge Najjar’s photography transcends time and space, capturing images that transform architectural design and buildings into patterns and shapes, basking in both light and shadow.

The alluring images transport the viewer from an urban setting to a world of perspectives. Visually impactful, ordered lines and a variety of angles travel across Najjar's photographs.

Najjar’s artistic eye unveils through his work a dance with light and pattern and a landscape of thoughts to engage with. The photographer’s lens on the Lebanon reveals itself through symmetry, reflection, illusion and reality. The country's past and present, the visible and invisible dilute into the photographs, defined instead in geometric shapes, concrete, structures, buildings, radiance, angles, and in hope. A set of photographs which are both compelling and engaging.

This May in Paris Serge Najjar’s work will be exhibited at MENART Fair with La Galerie Bessières Art Contemporain. As we await to discover at the fair his works on the theme of “Chasing Realms”, we spoke to Najjar about photography and what this art evokes for him...