Artist’s Palettes Joseph Matar
Meditations and variations evoked by my artist’s palette that were written in Paris in November 1993 and in Lebanon 2005
Annunciation made to Mary
Annunciation made to Mary ... When I first came to know you, I was still of tender age, ten years, no more; Was this an age at which
Harvest the Sun
Harvest the Sun Waves of cobalt blue and emerald skies break on yellow'd plains, Ochres and orange fields surge on to new terrain, And a sudden quivering brushstroke
Chess players
Chess Players Far from you I am no more myself, When many thousand miles and more divide us... You transcend the gulf of time and space to join
Lebanese House
Lebanese House ..At the end of this millennium Marks fifty years we two together, Brazier of fire and light... Raging storm of a thousand colours, Lines that leap
Lebanon Heritage
Lebanon Heritage You are close as my shadow, so we cannot part; And nothing is nearer than you to my heart, Though I’m flesh and blood And you
Bouquet of Anemones
Bouquet of Anemones Before me your stand and defy me, and I wonder why. With all your brilliance you challenge me, making show of your charms without fear.
Aramaic Maaloula
Aramaic Maaloula Dear palette, you are material object, symbol and myth all at once; when we buy you, you are no more that a piece of wood light
Family with cat
Family with cat
Destruction at the Voice of Love, Jounieh 2005
Destruction at the Voice of Love, Jounieh 2005
The Cedar Revolution, Beirut, March
The Cedar Revolution, Beirut, March
Destruction of a part of Lebanon, Beirut Suburbs in Ruin
Destruction of a part of Lebanon, Beirut Suburbs in Ruin
The Baptism of Christ
The Baptism of Christ
Cedar of Lebanon
Cedar of Lebanon
The Standard
The Standard
Mount Ayto
Mount Ayto