Standing in the center of the artwork with his white Dishdasha, stained with his favorite dye colors, girdling his old leather belt, wearing the mantle that he wrapped in the way Baghdadis inherited from their Akkadian and Babylonian ancestors. He put the indigo color, his tools, and his modest dyes and began to dye his fabrics using his hand, strength, and movement skill.
From the artist’s palette full of dark colors, which he can use with experienced skill, he paints on the surface of his canvas this nostalgia for moving and familiar days in the old khans that have aged in the narrow alleys of Baghdad; Faik Hassan excels at distributing shadow and light with the perfection of an untiring academic painter. He has addressed this topic in many works in various ways and volumes.

▪ Published in MAKOU Magazine, Issue No. 1, Mar.2023.