Abbas Makki

6 Yara* II, Acrylic on canvas - 100x100 cm

1650 $

Let’s leave the windows open

and let the childhood be free.

7 Yara* III, Acrylic on canvas - 100x100 cm

1650$

A break before going out to life and its struggles.

8 Hourse, Acrylic on canvas - 125x125 cm

1850$

Recreation of one of Leonado da Vinci’s

sketches in acrylic.

9 Romine (my village) in winter, Oil on canvas - 140x90 cm

1750$

When my village drowns in the gray winter,

its noise is silenced,

I feel like nothing lives there but color

10 Inner light, Oil on canvas - 125x125 cm

1850$

Blindness is not in the eyes but in the hearts,

sometimes the blind can see what is inside him

more than the sighted

11 Features of the soul, Oil on canvas - 120x75 cm

750$

Expressionism is beyond capturing

the features of the visible form,

it is the expression of what is sometimes invisible

12 Nostalgia, Oil on canvas - 100x100 cm

750$

Playing in the lanes is nostalgic for childhood and the time of innocence.

The warmth of colors reflects the feeling of warmth,

even if children play barefoot and naked in the winter.

13 Yara* IV, Acrylic on canvas - 100x100 cm

800$

Back to childhood, To the light, to liberation.

14 Destruction of memory, Acrylic on canvas - 120x80 cm

850$

The destruction of the place is the destruction of memory,

it is an attempt to change the human personality.

15 Mother, Acrylic on canvas - 100x100 cm

950$

It’s a personal experience, my nephews are in front

of their mother’s coffin after she passed away due to cancer.

The mother remains the moon of the family,

even if she is inside her coffin.

16 Yara* V, Acrylic on canvas - 125x125 cm

1850$

The girl suspended in space, lost her city,

lost her parents,

she became suspended in the impossible.

17 Yara* VI, Acrylic on canvas - 60x60 cm

650$

One of the scenes that remains in the memory

and that are related to the time of childhood and innocence,

when the children were looking for a ray of light

in the darkness of the village to be the light of their playground.

18 Yara* VII, Oil on canvas - 100x100 cm

1650$

The houses rotate with the rotation of the girl’s rope, as well as the colors

and music to create a symphony of color, rhythm and movement..

Then everything will vanish when she realizes the truth of life.

19 The city, Oil on canvas - 150x100 cm

1650$

All cities are beautiful if they are far away, because

of the absence of their true features, come closer

and closer to discover their true face.

20 Gamblers and cat I, Oil on canvas - 100x120 cm

1800$

Gamblers and cats, heroes of the night in my city Beirut,

where roles change and actors change in the evening.

21 Rejection, Acrylic on canvas - 100x100 cm

750$

The force of rejection prevents falling

Rejecting injustice, rejecting slavery, rejecting the occupier.

22 A beggar I, Oil on canvas - 150x100 cm

1750$

A beggar I used to see every evening from my apartment

in Beirut, for years, I drew him after his death.

23 Cain I, Mixed media on canvas (printing and oil painting) - 100x80 cm

850$

Cain flees after killing his brother Abel.

Escaping the guilt that haunts him.

24 A beggar II, Mixed media on canvas -100x130 cm

750$

Scene from the beautiful city Beirut,

A blind beggar roaming the city.

25 A Novelist, Istanbul -Acrylic on canvas - 125x125 cm

1850$

Novelist in a coffee shop

From my trip to Istanbul,

One of the places that I like to visit when I’m there.

26 A Blind horse, Oil on canvas - 100x120 cm

1750$

Blind horse

The stray force, running into the unknown.

27 Yara* VIII, Acrylic on canvas - 120x80 cm

750$

Childhood always follows its whims, in the sea,

in the sky, behind the horizon,

but it is always afraid of the dark.

28 Yara* IX, Acrylic on canvas - 60x80 cm

450$

Swing without ropes.

I didn’t forget to draw ropes because the girl doesn’t need them anymore.

She became ethereal after the wind of war took her, the wind of the

explosion of Beirut, she and the windows of her house became in space.

29 Yara* X, Acrylic on Canvas - 50x70

600$

A girl named Yara lived in the songs of Fairuz,

played with kits, climbed trees, then fell asleep and

did not wake up in the explosion of Beirut August 4

30 The warmth, Acrylic on Canvas - 90x70 cm

650$

The warmth of the family illuminates

the darkness of poverty and hunger.

31 Yara* XI, Acrylic on Canvas- -90x70 cm

1650$

The painting shows a scene of a slum from two perspectives:

The first is from above to show the roofs of the houses,

which are made of metal panels.

The second shows the girl from an eye level shot.

32 Portrait, Oil on canvas - 30x40cm

250$

Imaginary portrait of a village woman

33 Gamblers and cat II, oil on wood - 40x42cm

300$

Card players inside a café overlooking the city. I have always visited

some of them to capture some scenes that summarize the lives of a

certain group of people who spend their time away from the warmth

of the family due to psychological and social conditions.

34 A tree, Acrylic on canvas - 40x60cm

350$

The landscape that I draw is not from reality, but

rather from imagination most of the time.

35 Yara* XII, Oil on canvas - 100x100 cm

1800$

In this painting I draw Yara again as a butterfly playing on the roof, the

view from above adding a kind of drama to the scene. As for the yellow

colours: I have kept them since I lived in a Beirut suburb in 1975, when

all the buildings were yellow.

36 Harvest, Acrylic on canvas - 100x100 cm

1800$

After the war, there is nothing left for this peasant, even her child. She

embraces the space between her arms; the houses in the background

are to express belonging to the place, and her eyes speak to the sky.

37 Smoker, Acrylic on canvas - 40x40 cm

350$

One of the drawings That was inspired by the cafe-goers.

The blury effect, reflects the atmosphere of the place.

38 The Tree, Acrylic on canvas - 30x40 cm

150$

A painting that reflects an image of isolation and uniqueness.

Uniform color and dark atmosphere.

39 Yara* XIII, Oil on wood - 40x42 cm

350$

Yara is on the rooftops, her hair flying like her little dres

40 Cain II, Oil on canvas - 200x200 cm

3500$

Cain escapes from his guilt after killing his brother Abel.

Legend is a good and rich source for creating artwork. I admired William Blake

for his approach to mythology and had my own experience with this subject.

41 The peace death, Oil on canvas - 100x190 cm

2750$

The painting symbolizes the death of peace and man at the same time.

The dominant red colors on the painting symbolize wars,

and the blurry background leaves the recipient

to make his personal projections on the place.

42 Arabic ash, Acrylic on canvas - 120x300 cm

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This painting represents the reality of the Arab revolutions in the past years,

which achieved nothing but more destruction and chaos.

The painting suggests chaos and destruction by the combination of elements

and colors and leaving a chance factor contributing to the painting’s drawing

43 Normal death, Acrylic on paper - 60x80 cm

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One of the familiar scenes, the burial ceremony of an ordinary man in the village,

the colors are black, white and gray, which suits the nature of the topic, in the

background a slight movement of the family, while the cat is in the window,

continuing its activity as usual

44 Donkeys climb the top, Acrylic on paper - 60x80 cm

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Surrealist caricature. Visual and architectural vocabulary from reality,

by spontaneously recovering them from memory

45 Yara* XIV, Oil on canvas - 140x100cm

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Humble joy, humble places.

Contrast between light and darkness

46 Yara* XV, Oil on canvas - 200x200 cm

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View from above, circular motion through the motion of the dress

47 Smoker II, Oil on canvas - 60x80 cm

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On the sidewalk, Beirut at sunset

48 Smoker III, Oil on canvas - 40x40 cm

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Portrait of a mancmemory

49 Yara* XVI, Acrylic on canvas- 100x100 cm

1650$

On the rooftops of the village

50 Smoker IV, Acrylic on canvas - 20x30 cm

150$

On the sidewalk, portrait from the memory. Beirut at sunset

51 Yara* XVII, Oil on canvas- 80x80 cm

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Swing in front of the house and look into the unknown

52 Calligraphy, Acrylic on wood - 400x 120 cm

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The relationship between calligraphy and painting and the symbolism of the Arabic

letter and its function in the decorative artwork

53 Sunset, Mixed media on canvas - 100x100 cm

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Using a spontaneous method of dripping

54 Yara* XVIII, Acrylic on canvas - 260x150 cm

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Childhood will remain after every war, hope will remain.

55 Jesus, Acrylic on canvas - 120x80 cm

1800

Using different scales and ratios to show the value of the martyr.

The colors are dark, and the focus is on the relationship between mass and

space.

56 City wrecks, Mixed media on canvas - 200x150 cm

2500

The use of different materials such as cardboard with a variety of textures

and a contrast between black and white

to indicate the lack of life through the absence of color.