Harmony: Rana Sunaij

Throughout the two years of working on this theme in this collection of paintings, I went through an evolution myself, and I reflected what I felt onto these canvases. Human bodies, faces and expressions have always fascinated, intrigued and inspired me. I am in constant awe of the wonderment of transformation; our ability to transform ourselves, to reinvent ourselves and feel born again as we come closer to the one-ness with nature.

While this exhibition is different from my last one, which centered around the theme and portrayal of children. However, there are some common themes that are still found in this new body of work. It still is connected to nature, humanity, and the search for oneself, to find that we all belong to this universe. Through my new paintings I want to represent this one-ness of oneself and nature.

I paint the harmonious connection between flowers and women and how they move in nature. We are born free like the things in nature that grow naturally in a free way. My continuous search is to find the unity within oneself.

The exhibit is about how happiness, contentment and acceptance all come, not from things but from oneself. I represent that by means of colors and movement of women through water and other elements, in my paintings. Finding happiness is something we all seek.