NARGIS NAQVI
Nargis Naqvi is a Saudi Canadian artist with a South Asian ethnicity. She grew up in Saudi Arabia, got her education in the United States in Business, Interior Design and Photography and moved to Canada with her husband and one child in 1999. She resides in Milton with her husband and three children, plus a rabbit.
Her passion for the arts started in grade school and her father indulged her with the best canvases, easels and oil paints. Without any training or formal education, she experimented and created. Other forms of art were introduced along the way but she loved painting more than anything and stuck to that. She now paints in mixed media using spray paints, collage, acrylics, oils and gold leafing plus much more.
Her focus is usually the life of women and often you’d see a clay pot or two in her paintings. The clay pot depicts ‘life’ as it carries water and the woman is often carrying it or it stands broken next to her.
She has exhibited in over 25 exhibitions, has had one solo exhibition and is the Chair for Exhibitions Committee at the Fine Arts Society of Milton. Her painting ‘Humanity First’ has been converted to a traffic box wrap and is on the intersection of Louis St. Lauren and Farmstead in Milton ON.
Nargis Naqvi is a Saudi Canadian artist with a South Asian ethnicity. She grew up in Saudi Arabia, got her education in the United States in Business, Interior Design and Photography and moved to Canada with her husband and one child in 1999. She resides in Milton with her husband and three children, plus a rabbit.
Her passion for the arts started in grade school and her father indulged her with the best canvases, easels and oil paints. Without any training or formal education, she experimented and created. Other forms of art were introduced along the way but she loved painting more than anything and stuck to that. She now paints in mixed media using spray paints, collage, acrylics, oils and gold leafing plus much more.
Her focus is usually the life of women and often you’d see a clay pot or two in her paintings. The clay pot depicts ‘life’ as it carries water and the woman is often carrying it or it stands broken next to her.
She has exhibited in over 25 exhibitions, has had one solo exhibition and is the Chair for Exhibitions Committee at the Fine Arts Society of Milton. Her painting ‘Humanity First’ has been converted to a traffic box wrap and is on the intersection of Louis St. Lauren and Farmstead in Milton ON.
$1,350.00
Mixed media on canvas.
24x48"
This painting is a depiction of what Canada is to me. The landscapes, the Native presence, the immigrants, the religions, the languages. It has not captured everything but the essence of what comes to mind when I think : Canada.
$450.00
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas.
15x30"
Textured painting of sunflowers : still life using acrylics and spray paints.
$650.00
Mixed media on canvas.
36x18"
This is a memory of my maternal grandmother sitting in her courtyard sifting lentils. I have used oil paints and texture with spray paints to create this painting.
$495.00
Mixed media on canvas.
15x30"
The collage of images is collective memories from my childhood in Riyadh, showing and old Saudi water tower i visited with my father as a child, an old heritage door that can be found in any old district, now being torn apart to create a new modern Saudi Arabia, palm trees that are the land's trademark and a girl in an abaya, which is present in all my paintings to share my own view of what I am painting. Decoupage, spray paint and acrylics are used to create Memories of Riyadh.
$1,950.00
Mixed media on canvas.
48x30"
A girl hiding in her garden of daisies, finding a moment alone to reflect, to cry, to unburden her soul before she returns to life and puts on a brave smile again
$1,250.00
Mixed media on canvas.
24x40"
Emotions of chaos in the world, a woman of south asian heritage far into her world, reading her book of fate and missing where her heart is: Kaaba. This is an abstract expression of love, travel, faith and chaos.
$1,950.00
Mixed media on canvas.
48x48"
Roses are created using abstract shapes in retro colors and textures with decoupage and gold leaf to enhance the painting. The painting also has arabic calligraphy saying The Self Sustaining, the Ever Living: 2 prominent names of God in Islam.
$725.00
Oil on canvas.
10x48"
Textured oil painting of magnolias. Can be paired with Daisies and Sunflowers created using the same format.
$725.00
Oil on canvas.
10x48"
Textured oil on canvas. Can be paired with Sunflowers and Magnolias created using the same format and size.
$725.00
Oil on canvas.
10x48"
Textured oil painting on canvas. Can be paired with 2 others that are created in similar fashion (daisies and magnolias)
$450.00
Mixed media on canvas.
24x12"
The painting is finished in oil paints, using texture and stencil to create depth.
$450.00
Mixed media on canvas.
18x24"
This is a textured painting with lots of details on sunflowers, using stencil, oil and acrylics.