Youssef Dweik was born in Jerusalem in 1963 and presently resides in the UAE. Since his graduation from Jordan's Al-Yarmouk University in 1985, he has been passionately portraying the progression of his country's forefathers and his personal feelings of the world around him in his paintings. Utilizing symbols that represent the spirit of ancient Arabic history to tell his story, his paintings possess hidden depths to be unveiled by the viewer. To achieve a balance between his commitment to telling his country's story and his desire to create beautiful artworks, Dweik uses delicate combinations of soft, textural colors to create a quiet harmony within his works, a technique he developed as a result of years of experimentation with di...