Featured Two pastel (?) drawings, can you read the sig and are they likely student pieces?

Discussion in 'Art' started by Elen Beattie, Aug 12, 2025.

  1. Elen Beattie

    Elen Beattie Well-Known Member

    Hi all! OK, these are my latest oddball pieces :hilarious:. No-one was interested in them at an auction, I thought they were quirky (one maybe a little creepy) so got them pretty cheaply. They both measure 13.25"H x 11.5"W and are behind glass. Are they pastel or chalk drawing? I can't make out the sig, something beginning with "S". Do you think student pieces or a little more skilled? Any feedback appreciated, thank you! :)
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  2. Marote

    Marote Well-Known Member

  3. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    interesting concept !!
     
  4. Elen Beattie

    Elen Beattie Well-Known Member

  5. Marote

    Marote Well-Known Member



    https://level1gallery.com/collectio...dMqvAwyDq4Jm1dmsdUKk7g7XbxeZg5IsM5fdJg4G-NLXG
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    "Shwan Ziwar
    Half-Kurd, half-Kazakh, Shwan was born in a city in the south of Iraq in 1955. At a young age, he already showed a strong desire to learn to paint, but his refusal to join his country's single party closed the doors of art schools to him. Thus, he proceeded to Italy in 1977, and earned a diploma from the Fine Arts Academy of Perugia in 1982. The precariousness of his status and the fear of being sent back to Iraq encouraged him to immigrate to Canada, where, he was told, the standard of living was high. He arrived in Edmonton in 1983, but preferred to settle in Toronto, where the artistic milieu seemed to him more dynamic.

    During his years of study in Italy, he was attracted to several artists, in particular Bori, Tapiés and Miró-and later to the American abstract painters of the groupAction Painting and Willem de Kooning. Wishing to innovate, he systematically copied the works he admired in order to discover their secrets. Audacious, he used unusual materials and supports such as coffee, wine, nail polish, vinyl tiles and photographic paper, and invented new techniques. He has essentially developed two approaches in his art: the first, more aesthetic, pays particular attention to the composition of the painting; the second, more playful, is inspired by popular Arab culture."
     
  6. Marote

    Marote Well-Known Member

    I feel the most happy when I, as a human being, can be helping another human being. I want to be able to say that I have helped even one person.



    This is a quote from Shwan :)
    It's followed by:
    I believe that my art is making such a difference.

    https://lfagallery.net/shwan-ziwar/#ziwar
     
  7. Elen Beattie

    Elen Beattie Well-Known Member

    And you helped me, so the artist's quote is doubly meaningful! Thanks again, I'm so pleased to learn about Shwan :)
     
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  9. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    Android ? :playful::playful::playful::playful::playful:;):)
     
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    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

  11. laura9797

    laura9797 Well-Known Member

  12. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    Yup. Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy from Mad and the other looks like the Flying Nun.

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  13. charlie cheswick

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  14. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

  15. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    :dead:
     
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