Works

A selection first, then all 96 works in 4 chapters. Each work keeps its catalogue number: please quote it in any enquiry.

Chapter I

Women, Memory & Heritage

Built up in layered, translucent surfaces of colour, Lootah’s figurative work is rooted in Emirati life and memory, and in the rituals women share across cultures: portraits, gatherings and quiet conversations, henna, veils and traditional dress.

All 56 works in this chapter

A woman sits wrapped in a violet garment scattered with gold, above a band of deep blue.

#001Henna140 × 233 cm

A young woman looks directly at us from within a white shawl, a single silver earring catching the light.

#002The Earring120.1 × 120.1 cm

An elongated figure in an emerald dress, a crimson shawl sweeping over her shoulder and gold bangles at her wrist, stands against a field of sky blue.

#012Grandma98 × 70 cm

#063Stillness89.9 × 84.8 cm

On a red ground a woman sits in a patterned dress, while a pale blue figure, a flat silhouette touched with gold, stands close beside her.

#007The Blue Shadow169 × 88 cm

A young woman with long dark hair wears a green dress heavy with gold embroidery, a gold ornament across her forehead and henna on her hands.

#046The Green Dress145 × 120 cm

Chapter II

Horses & Landscapes

Horses in motion and solitary trees suspended in mist: recurring motifs of the desert landscape, rendered through gesture, drips and veils of colour, some of them worked in mixed media.

All 11 works in this chapter

A white horse rears up on bare ground, drawn with a few strokes of grey, umber and charcoal, its mane flaring.

#024The Power150 × 150 cm

2 riders on dark horses advance across an immense pale field, small within a space that seems to have no edges.

#026The Riders101 × 186 cm

A slender tree rises from a landscape of grey and ochre, its outline softened by a fine mesh laid over the painted surface.

#029Morning Mist120 × 180 cm

Chapter III

Abstraction

Journey into Infinity and the related canvases reflect the direction Lootah has embraced in recent years, concentrating on abstract painting and installation: open fields of white, rose and grey in which colour gathers, drifts and dissolves.

All 16 works in this chapter

Dark, stone-like forms of indigo and violet float across a field of white touched with rose.

#031Drifting Stones80 × 73 cm

Across 2 joined panels, a cloud of grey, umber and rust spreads and frays at its edges, crossing the line between them.

#035Smoke100 × 160 cm

Across a large white field, a horizontal band of grey, lilac, ochre and acid yellow forms a kind of horizon, while thin drips run down towards the bottom of the canvas.

#075White Horizon179.9 × 150 cm

Chapter IV

Siraj

In this series on plexiglass, Lootah turns the surface into a night sky: galaxies and nebulae emerge from darkness, and on round panels gold forms recall calligraphic strokes, moons and horizons.

All 13 works in this chapter