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Maha Shihabi
Early childhood
At a very early age, when Maha was a child, her parents have discovered her early interest in art, her expressive school drawings and indeed her early talent in all things of artistic nature. She was then immensely encouraged to pursue her amazing hobby alongside her academic and sporting studies. Summer holidays were packed with drawing tuition by the imminent artist Jamal Badran, who was a friend of her father. She developed a unique style of her own and was always given the necessary motivation until she blossomed and was sure to go on to study art as a higher degree.
Education
Maha studied Fine Art at The Academy of Fine Arts in Cairo/Egypt. She successfully attained her BSC in Fine Arts in 1975.
Working career
Alongside her artistic interests and specialization in art studies, Maha took up yet another successful career in aviation.
As her busy working life in the field of Aviation allowed her little time to pursue much of her oil paintings skills, she turned her attention back to pens and pencils in pursuit of expressing her thoughts and feelings through drawings, very much alongside her working profession.
Maha continues to live in Amman, Jordan.
Influences and inspirations
Maha tells that throughout her career, and up to this day, she frequently and fondly remembers the time of her childhood when she was attending art classes with Mr Jamal Badran. His unique artistic style has always been an influence on Maha’s artistic style, and very much a source of inspiration for her success.
Artistic style
During the latter years of her studies, Maha had developed her own vivid style of art. She started having her own abstract experiences, a style born from the depths of creativity and imagination, to create unique visual interactions that carry multiple meanings, touching deep emotions, densely interwind thoughts and inner feelings.
Maha is indeed a visual artist, and much considered to be a true expressionist artist. Each & everyone of her master pieces depict her thoughts and her inner feelings as well as many of her life adventures. Yet, very much contrasting with the practical working aspect of her life at the time.
She is indeed a most creative and Versatile artist, displaying much talent in Oil, Watercolor, Ink, Color Pencils & multimedia.
Her artistic skill and talent extend to fashion design, jewelry design, greeting cards design, all decorative designs and even culinary displays.
I have been inspired by the prominent Palestinian visual artist,
Hamid Nada, prominent Egyptian artist & professor at fine art academy Picasso, modern art, Modernism & collage Modiliani & surreal elongation of faces, Silvador dalli, Surrealism
