Untitled

Artist

Medium

Acrylic on Canvas

Dimensions

30×40

Year

2021

4,100 AED

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About this artwork

Bathed in shadows and firelit tones, two figures cling to each other as if to anchor themselves against a storm. Her embrace shields, his gaze pierces,  together they echo the timeless human need for refuge in one another, when the world outside becomes uncertain.

Ismail Nasra captures tenderness wrapped in unease,  the embrace of lovers or companions who carry both comfort and fear. The chiaroscuro palette intensifies the tension between intimacy and fragility, reflecting the complexity of human bonds in turbulent times.

This intimate canvas resonates like a whispered confession, offering its keeper a fragment of humanity at its most raw and vulnerable. Acquiring it is to hold both strength and fragility in one gesture, a reminder of how love survives through shadows.

The family Jonas AlsayedIn The Family, silence weighs heavier than the meal. Figures gather close, their bodies speaking the language of protection and quiet endurance. The food upon the table feels secondary, what truly binds them is the fragile strength of togetherness, the unspoken comfort of belonging.

Jonas Al Sayed transforms the table into more than a setting, it becomes a metaphor for survival and memory. Through muted tones and somber faces, he reveals how kinship becomes sustenance when scarcity shadows the feast.

To collect The Family is to preserve a moment of human truth,  where resilience, tenderness, and shared existence rise above hardship. It is an intimate work that holds both vulnerability and quiet power, resonating far beyond the frame.

About the Artist

Ismail Nasra

Ismail Nasra (b. 1964, Syria) is a contemporary Syrian painter known for his expressive, abstract figurative work—often centered around feminine forms. A graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Damascus (1987), he later taught at the Adham Ismail Center for Fine Arts. His paintings, blending acrylic, oil, and mixed media, are part of several private and institutional collections, including the Dubai Collection.

Ismail Nasra