8th July 2008
Howaida Moussa-Weel is a Barbadian artist and multi-media art director of Arab descent. A graduate of Mass communications with a second degree in graphic design, her commercial and fine art studio is located on the south coast of Barbados.
Her paintings will be the focus of the launch of the new Falcon Hotel Gallery, Uppingham, Rutland this September.
The show will provide a unique vision of Caribbean imagery that combines abstract concepts and vibrant colour. Serene Dynamics of Sun and sea intermingle with rolling hills, palm trees, sailing boats and idyllic chattel houses.
It was Howaida's success in her visual communications career that prompted her to take up painting. She has produced regional commercials for television, radio and press for companies such as Banks Beer, Heineken, Cable and Wireless, The Mutual, Colgate-Palmolive and Mount Gay Distillers.
Currently, her media of choice is oil painting on canvas. Her painting technique explores a formula uniquely her own: Caribbean imagery combining minimalism, distortion and abstraction with vibrant colour.
She breaks down her images into their simplest forms and cellular structures, reading them in pixels, translated into simple indulging brush strokes. The final outcome is original; vibrant and richly colourful, whimsical yet centred; the texture is soft and creamy.
Her current collection includes 96 examples of classical portraiture, iconography, surrealism, cubism and impressionism. Having established herself as one of Barbados' contemporary artists, she is now represented by Sarah Stillman Designs.
