Bluebell by Amaal Kebabti
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Medium: Acrylic and oil on canvas
Dimensions: 60 x 80 cm
Year: 1996
Price: $1000.00 USD
Status: available
Bluebell was born from the feeling of belonging to more than one landscape. In this painting, I bring together the shifting, rain-washed atmosphere of Scotland and the warmth, light, and richness of my Algerian heritage. Rather than choosing between these influences, I allow them to meet, overlap, and become a new emotional terrain. I layered deep navy with vibrant cerulean and bright turquoise to create a sense of movement, like water, weather, and memory continually reshaping one another. Metallic gold rises through the cooler tones as a current of warmth, suggesting sunlight, inheritance, and the precious fragments of identity we carry with us. The heavily worked surface holds traces of gesture and time, inviting natural light to travel across its sculptural ridges. As the day changes, Bluebell changes with it, revealing new passages and quieter moments. I hope this work brings both energy and contemplation into a space. For me, it is a celebration of cultural connection and the beauty of transformation, a reminder that identity can be layered, fluid, and luminous.
Why collect this work?
Bluebell builds belonging through accumulation: cool-toned patches, pale loops and gold-coloured interruptions overlap without allowing any single passage to govern the painted field.
- The artist profile identifies Kebabti as Scottish-Algerian. Her statement connects this work to Scottish atmosphere and Algerian heritage, clarifying an intention to combine affiliations rather than depict either landscape literally.
- In the photograph, compact strokes and thin, wandering lines repeatedly cross one another. Darker concentrations near the lower edge provide weight, while the dispersed upper marks resist a stable centre.
- The documented acrylic and oil on canvas can accommodate contrasting opacity and layered marks. Metallic-looking areas appear distinct from the cooler passages, although the photograph cannot confirm their exact sheen or physical relief.
- The painting is particularly relevant in a presentation about hybrid identity because it locates cultural connection in overlap, density and unresolved coexistence rather than recognizable symbols.
About the Artist
Amaal Kebabti
Amaal Kebabti is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: painting. Based in Glasgow, GB.
Nationality: British
My practice explores how identity, memory and cultural heritage can be communicated through contemporary abstract painting.
