# 28 Weeda Hamdan

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Weeda was born in Liberia and she lived in Las Palmas de Gran Canaries, Spain and Lebanon with her parents and siblings as a child. The mix of cultures and traditions from each country are a major influence on her design and art. Her interest in art began at the age of 10 and her relatives began to notice her talent. In 1988 she began to attend Lebanese American University where she majored in graphic design and took painting classes as electives when she could. In 2000 she moved to Texas with her husband and two daughters. In 2005 she decided to her Masters in painting and drawing through the Academy of art in San Francisco. Major influences on her work are Fauvists and the German Expressionist Eras, and artists such as Van Gogh, Jason Bowen, and Mary Cassett. Her paintings are a celebration of color and texture. She also likes to use bleeding art tissue paper when making her oil paintings

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I really like her painting called "reflection VI". I think that is it really cool that she uses tissue paper to add to her paintings. I like the texture and affects that the tissue paper create. The colors in her painting are very bold and beautiful. I like this one because it reminds me of a late summer rain or early fall when the leaves have begun to fall off of the trees and change colors.