We are always surrounded by things. In Maha’s words “The value of materialistic hedonism is very debatable. But I like to think of things around us as a code.”

Like Woolf’s ‘room of her own’ which beautifully and metaphorically conveys the importance of materialistic access for intellectual stimulation.

This is Maha’s series of things around us. Painted during Covid in 2021, the range aims to include things that play roles as expression deputies. Often these objects act as a portrait of the owner or user quietly conveying a story.