Samia Halaby

Samia Halaby's abstract paintings let us see the world through her eyes, delighting in the motion of nature and reality. Carefully balanced in organization and color, they allude to the things she loves in the Palestinian landscape. Her large assemblage-like painting, Palestine from the Mediterranean to the Jordan River, is a map of Palestine in textures that correspond to the shores, the mountains, and the desert of Palestine. Halaby, a passionate artist and activist, has recently published a brilliant history of the liberation art of Palestine.