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by; Naela Aamir
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Baad-e Nau Bahar
The tradition of painting trees, flowers and birds have remained a prevalent practice 
in painting, regardless of the diversified aesthetic canons of the east and the west. 
The miniature paintings approved trees, flowers and birds or animals as decorative 
elements; spanning from the Persian to the Mughal style in this specific genre. On 
the other hand, the western painting cherished nature through, landscape painting 
by the British artists or, the still-life frames, adorned with flowers or fruits, by the 
painters like Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, or Vincent Van Gogh.

Naela Aamir is a known landscape and cityscape artist having a deep-rooted link 
with the style and technique of Modern Realism, commonly associated with Khalid 
Iqbal in Pakistan. She is a Plein-air artist who followed her mentor Zulqarnain 
Haider whole heartedly by always working on the spot and capturing the shades 
and shadows of the seasons; she could inhale the fragrance of. Naela loves to paint 
flowers wherever she could find them; in a pot or vase, creeping over the walls or 
hanging on the curvy and delicate branches of the Jacaranda, Bougainvillea, or 
the Laburnum tree.

However, in the current show titled as Baad-e Nau Bahar, she has arranged all 
her favourite flowers at, and near the corners and windows of her environs. In the 
time when COVID-19 lock-downs have restricted us to our homes, Naela seems 
to instill all the colours and fragrance within the frames of her still-lifes with flowers, 
or trying to capture the ‘presence of absence’ upon the empty chairs near an open 
encasement; letting the spring breeze whispering in, and across the flower-vases.

Nadeem Alam
Writer, Art-Historian & Critic

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Baad-e Nau Bahar
Bahaar brings with itself a celebration of life with a renewal of vows. The leaves and 
flowers, breathing out, and twigs embracing around joyfully mark the rejuvenation 
of Spring. The yellows of Sarson, stretched over vast patches of green, and the 
wildflowers hanging against and amongst the thorns, advocates life’s beauty and 
resilience, even in the most challenging circumstances.

The ongoing unique phase in the history of mankind have forced everyone, 
including myself, to step back and reflect on one’s personal space, whether 
physical or spiritual. One’s private surrounding, whether objects or spaces, are 
often reminiscent of life’s journey and connections.

This introspective phase, combined with the promise of nature to renew life, has 
been the creative drive manifesting in these frames.

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Pastel on paper | 12 x 18 inches
A Little Bird Told Me

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Oil on canvas | 24 x 30 inches
Sunbeam Mayhem

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Oil on canvas | 18 x 24 inches
Pink Symphony

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Oil on canvas | 26 x 30 inches
Tranquility Corner

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Oil on canvas | 12 x 16 inches
Oil on canvas | 14 x 28 inches
Tradition
Vanity

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Oil on canvas | 24 x 24 inches
Gul-e Dard

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Pastel on paper | 20 x 14 inches
Sunshine Fields

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Pastel on paper | 20 x 26 inches
Pastel on paper | 22 x 30 inches
The Dream
Sunset Sarson

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Oil on canvas | 24 x 24 inches
While You Were Waiting

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Oil on canvas | 24 x 18 inches
Whispers of Nature

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Oil on canvas | 15 x 15 inches
All That Shines

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Oil on canvas | 27 x 27 inches
The Bouquet
Oil on canvas | 24 x 24 inches
The Bunch

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Oil on canvas | 18 x 12 inches
The Morning After

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Oil on canvas | 18 x 28 inches
Oil on canvas | 26 x 30 inches
Ravaged Wines
Platform X

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Pastel on paper | 20 x 14 inches
The Florist

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Pastel on paper | 14 x 20 inches
Pastel on paper | 14 x 20 inches
My Cup of Tea
Aan Milo

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Pastel on paper | 14 x 20 inches
Inner Sanctum
Pastel on paper | 21 x 30 inches
Whispering Shadows

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Pastel on paper | 12 x 18 inches
Pastel on paper |12 x 18 inches
Summer Blooms
Ecstasy

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