Lebanese artist Hala Schoukair’s work unfolds through meticulous repetition and tactile precision. Using meticulous brushstrokes and a monochromatic color palette, she builds her lines, dots, and delicate gestures by layering them into rhythmic fields. Her process is intuitive and open-ended, guided by a physical engagement with the act of painting rather than a pre-planned composition. The result is a visual language that feels organic and alive, evoking the quiet, persistent energy of natural growth. Time becomes both medium and subject as her labor-intensive practice affirms slowness, attentiveness, and care in a world of speed and distraction.

As she explains: “It is an act of wonder towards the living, to the energy of the green that pushes itself out of a seed graciously appearing on rocks, through pavements, and amidst the rubble.  It is a song that celebrates the force of life against death and destruction.”

Rather than only depicting nature, Schoukair works in dialogue with its rhythms: slowness, variation, and transformation. Her paintings ask the viewer to slow down, to notice each mark, and to sense how meaning gets built through repetition.