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August / September 2019 - Vol. 105
Homage
to God's Beautiful Creation
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A watercolour series by David Kurani
View of Michmich
-north Lebanon, nearest village to the
monastery of Saint Charbel
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A noted Lebanese
landscape artist shares his faith and
vision for extolling God’s handiwork
“I think it was John
Singer Sargent who said, ‘An artist is
he who has to paint.’ If that is the
criteria, then I qualify, although I’m
not a full-time painter. I teach
classes in art and theatre in the
American University of Beirut, Lebanon/
“Painting landscapes, I
feel, is my way of paying homage to the
beauty of God’s creation. With the
inclusion of buildings and roads, etc.,
I feel I can celebrate, on paper, the
relation of God and Man. That is a
favorite theme of mine. I believe
that art is a gift from God in the first
place. So, isn’t it appropriate to use
it to extol his handiwork?” |
A mountain pool in the Damour
River, Lebanon
Gold
mountain, Black mountain in
Tadjikistan, with a Lebanese donkey
addedrr.
Trout pools in a mountain
river, Baatuta, Lebanon
View of Beirut from the
mountains, Bzoummar (Armenian Catholic)
Monastery on the right
Winter View
of Beirut from the North- East
View
of the secluded and mostly
Greek Orthodox village of Douma,
Lebanon
David Kurani is a
noted Lebanese landscape artist. He teaches
classes in art and theater at the American
University of Beirut, Lebanon. David has exhibited
widely in art galleries and private collections
throughout Lebanon, Europe, and the USA. He and
his wife Gisele are active members of the People
of God in Lebanon, a member community of the Sword
of the Spirit.
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