LANDSCAPES OF CONSCIENCE

Predators eye their prey. Pretty flowers bloom. Mythical creatures confront 21st-century missiles. The landscapes of Pakistani-Canadian artist Rabia Rizvi are studies in stark contrasts. They depict two very different worlds existing side by side. The strong and the weak. Oppressed and oppressors. Trained in the style of 16th- and 17th-century Mughal and Persian miniature paintings, Rabia’s art reflects its characteristic focus on jewel-like colors, minute details, and a complexity that invites the eye to wander around a composition freed from single-point perspective. Each piece reflects Rabia’s reaction to the horrors and injustice she sees in the world around her. Undoubtedly controversial, Rabia’s work is irrefutably passionate.

–Walter L. Meyer, AWB Founder

Curator’s Note: Click on CREATIVE PROCESS for a step-by-step description of how Rabia creates her amazing landscape miniatures.

If you are interested in purchasing one of Rabia’s paintings, please contact her directly: rabiaqureshi@cogeco.ca. Or, click on an artwork’s price to automatically set up a direct email to her. (Shipping is additional.)

Be sure to click on the “Read More” link below every square thumbnail image to view the larger, complete painting, and to read Rabia’s fascinating story about that piece.

Athena Longoria Athena Longoria

Kashmir 2019

Tea-wash, watercolour, shell gold & black ink on wasli paper, 21.1 x 31.2 cm, Artist’s Collection

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