25 Year anniversary www.bahrainthismonth.com 30 September 2022 Ajai Gautham (@artofajai and www.artofajai.com) – Shades of Bahrain (August 2008) Ajai is a self-taught visual artist and has been freelancing for the last six years. He loves exploring multiple styles and mediums of art. Ajai Says: “Since I was a child, art has been an escape from reality into a fantasy world. I have spent many hours at home sketching and building sand sculptures from my imagination.” Besides Visual Arts, he is a passionate vocalist and performs for charity fundraiser concerts in his home city of Chennai. He is currently working on a series of NFT artworks based on the elephant god, Ganesha, and cites Kim Jung Gi as his role model. Anju Kapoor (@anju13) Autumn Foliage (June 2009) Art has always inspired Anju to feel liberated. She finds it to be a creative process and enjoys engaging with a palette of colours and transferring emotions of what she deeply feels from her muse onto her canvas. She likes to speak through her canvas and create a poetic rhythm. “I began my first sketch at the age of 10, and vividly remember sketching my grandfather’s portrait in my drawing book,” she says. She is inspired when imagining a visual which she can adapt from her day-to-day life or perhaps from an image she sees online. Her greatest inspiration is Vincent Van Gogh; particularly his use of striking colours and quick brush strokes. Her next work will be a painting of a woman draped in a feathered dress on canvas. Reham A. (@rehamayamarts) – Elegancy in Charcoal (October 2010) Reham is currently working on a mosaic using recycled elements, which along with calligraphy are her strongest passions. She has had a keen interest in art since she was in school. Reham is inspired by nature, folk stories and patterns, particularly ancient mosaic artists and crafters. Isa Abdulla Almutawa (@isa.abdullah) – Gazelle (June 2011) Isa started creating artwork in school after being inspired by oriental artists. He usually paints whatever he sees in his mind’s eye. Amal ‘Amy’ Alshaikh (@amyalshaikh) – Festival of Dreams (June 2012) Amy is currently creating surreal dark paintings, illustrations and scary sculptures. Some of these will be sold online and some will be featured at the ComicCon 2022 convention. She is a self-taught artist, who experiments with pop and surreal art. “My work tends to be dark and eerie, based on concepts from ancient mythology or ideas inspired from history, supernatural folklore stories and current events,” says Amy. She is heavily influenced by music, movies, Japanese comics and books which she enjoys reading.
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