Hazreti Maryam

2011
Sülüs and nesih scripts. Black soot ink on ahar paper and gold. 52 x 37 cm. This piece was conceived as a calligraphic icon of Virgin Mary, with some of the verses about her contained in the Quran. The center text in nesih and the surrounding sülüs text contain ayats 35-37, and 42-47 from surah Al Imran. The exterior border contains the ayats 16-26 from surah Maryam.