Fatima’s paintings exist in the space between presence and departure, between what is seen and what lingers in absence. Described by curators as a ‘Painter of Modern Emotion’, her work unearths the silent weight of human connection. The tension of unspoken words, the hesitation in gestures, the quiet collapse of closeness.
Her figures are caught mid-thought, mid-movement, half here, half elsewhere. Inspired by post-impressionist sensibilities yet deeply rooted in contemporary narratives, her process mirrors the fluidity of memory. Layers emerge and dissolve, figures blur into their surroundings, and light exists not to illuminate, but to reveal what is slipping away.
There is no certainty in her compositions, only traces and echoes. Each painting becomes a threshold, a fleeting moment stretched in time, asking: when does presence fade into absence, and what remains in its place?
