Tree of Hope – Mary Abed Al Ahad

 

 

Title:  

Tree of Hope

 

Materials:  

Watercolour painting

 

Description:

An invitation to meditate on hope. There is always the possibility of redemption.

 

Bio:

Mary Abed Al Ahad is a 27-year-old artist with music and painting talents. She has been playing an oriental musical instrument named “Oud” for 10 years. She discovered her painting talent 3 years ago. Since then, she has painted many natural scenes in oil and watercolour.

 

Author

  • Karen is finishing a PhD program in the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts after careers in corporate management, consulting, and pastoral and theatre ministry. She explores theological and theatrical contexts of ’empty space’ and general human disposition toward it, with emphasis on improvisation (specifically Playback Theatre) and Holy Saturday. Since 2017, Karen has led or advised ITIA’s Transept group, a postgraduate-led group of multidisciplinary practicing artists. Karen was an editor for Transpositions from 2017 to 2022. As Editor-in-Chief, she fostered a closer partnership between Transpositions and Transept, hosted the In/break exhibition on the Transpositions site, and introduced regular series into the publishing schedule.