Gadalla's Arabic calligraphy is nothing but a collection of Islamic architectural wonders and decorative motifs to intertwine the ancient and modern Middle East. This has been a very sensitive period in which Gadalla expresses complex and ancient physical Middle Eastern objects interweaved with modern components on canvas via utilizing unique visual art techniques and metallic media; pictorial light/shadow depth cues create an impression on 3-dimensional forms, spiritual zoom-in and zoom-out depictions create visual illusions, manipulating texture gradients and linear perspectives to create an illusion of depth. His creative and novel approach resurrects the Islamic graphical and decorative designs into present and future Middle Eastern culture. The media of this period are very rich in colors with almost unlimited power. Media used besides the metallic ones are oil, acrylic, gauche, watercolor, pastel, charcoal, pencil, ink, and natural dyes. This period is well featured via many of Gadalla’s art work, some of which were printed on textbook covers: Twinkle Stars Series, Shallalat Al-Noor Series, Al-Faidh wa Al-Tadaffoq Series, The Well Tree, Arabesque in Spring, Engraved in Stone, Engraved on Wood, Engraved in Plaster, Stream of Lights, There Forever, Memories Forever, Falls of Light, and Strong Flow.

...Gadalla’s work reveals the true value of his heritage and the depth of his roots...

Writer Fawaz Al-Sha’ar (1983)

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