Esam Mohamad Jlilati
Is a visual artist and designer, who has become widely recognized through local and international journals and magazines
His artworks have been sold in Europe, North America, Middle East, Asia and Australia .
He has delivered lectures and wrote reportages about art technique and history in Europe and Canada
His paintings are best described as a mixture of realism and expressionism. His subjects are his interpretation of objects in the real world modified by his emotions and ideals. This, in turn, sometimes lends a mythical, other-worldliness to his work.
Upon viewing his works, it becomes quite obvious that this artist spends an inordinate amount of time laboring over them so as to make them unique and thought provoking.
Some of his paintings are detailed to the point of being almost microscopic, demonstrating tremendous photo-realism.
His works are achieved using oil, watercolor and acrylic.
Artist's Statement
Architecture, art, history and paintings have fascinated me since I was child.
Perhaps this engendered my passion to travel to see more of the world, to develop an appreciation for, and a desire to learn from foreign civilizations and their cultures.
I enjoy expressing myself through my paintings. For me, painting is not only for decoration. I consider painting to be the best way to express feelings, opinions and to describe history.
My love for art and history, in addition to world events, inspire me to start a new painting that reflects my emotions and philosophy in response to an ideal, incident or event brought to my attention.
By looking at my paintings you might be able to recognize some of the elements but unable to immediately grasp my overall intention of the work. The reason is, I make a mixture of existing elements from history and the physical world which I redefine and mold with my imagination to create the whole story in a colorful painting.
