Born in Quetta Pakistan [A valley surrounded by drymountains]                                                            
                       At the age of 15 started pencil drawing.      
                      Became pupil of a signboard painter Ustad Aslam,who taught drawing  and painting for next few          
                       years.
                      Graduated in Fine Arts from National College of Arts.
In NCA Khalid Iqbal became the ideal teacher along with very good teachers like Salima Hashmi,Colin David,Saeed
Akhtar,
Khalid Iqbal is known as a legendary landscape painter,.As most of landscape painters here in Lahore, are
influenced by his style,I was not exception.
I wanted to do something different and I found a way ,I painted cityscape reflected  off a window glass plus the
studio seen through the window.It was my thesis painting.
From here I learned about reflections and trancparency and it suited my personality.
Then I kept exploring trancparency and reflections.But landscape is still in my  subconcious.
It is very difficult for me to say some words  about my paintings,I decided to add comments of  different Artists and
critics , and ofcource your comments are welcome.I will try to include on this page.

From:Tusitalo  
Senior Member
Taylor, Michigan USA

Very good, it does look like reflections on a wet surface. You have captured the feeling without the
representational aspects... The layered effect is almost like a disolve used in movies.

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From: dsimons  
A WetCanvas! Minion!

great abstract work here, love the color
www.davidsimonsfineart.com

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From: Ronni  
Veteran Member

Beautiful and convincing! very cultured, and reminds of the mid 20th century's art in europe.
Ronni

www.ronni.co.il  

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From:
wagram  
Senior Member
Alexandria, Australia

Maqbool I'm missing something about the painting. The inverted bottles seem to be a key, that I dont quite
follow,Can you explain them or are they just visual elements.
Neil Miley
http://www.newsymbolism.net

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From:
Eduardo Flores  
WC! Guide
Cuiabá - Mato Grosso


Many ideas about this good, interesting, unusual painting.
First, its composition: a balance with a rotating movement, given by the centered structure from one side,
and the two windows (one high, the other low) from the other.
Then, a successful feminine figure painted using an unreal, unusual color.
And the chromatic composition: emerald green as dominant, blue and subdued red as complementary colors
(both at 120° on the colors wheel).
The bottles? What about those bottles, nicely standing on a vertical plane?
Their meaning, only the artist can tell us; to discover their function, I covered them with a finger,
and the painting loosed force, too evenly distributed, too calm. I'm seeing them as pointers, drawing the
observer's attention to the center o the scene, to the Woman.

Eduardo
My website: http://br.geocities.com/artflores32/

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From:
Ronni  
Veteran Member


Hello maqbool.
I love the colors first, and the blue in her hair sings for me. I love also the game of shapes and colors in front
and behind the glasses. I also love the girl.
I am not sure about the all together, but I feel I understand you and accept it as is.

Ronni
www.ronni.co.il
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Biography
Comments from different critques/artits:
Comments from  www.wetcanvas.com
Ref.#12
Ref.#24
Women with window 2
Exhibition 2008 Shakil Ismail gallery Karachi
Maqbool Ahmed Art Gallery