(MENAFN- The Peninsula) By Irfan Bukhari | The Peninsula
He works from his heart and he creates portrait paintings and animation characters to appease his hunger for art.
Hamad Mohamed Almutawah is a Qatar national whose passion for art is not for money rather he draws portrait paintings of Qatar's leadership with his self-taught skills just to please his sense of nationalism.
Pic: Qassim Rahmatullah/The Peninsula
Recently, his portrait paintings of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Their Excellencies members of royal family pulled visitors in an exhibition 'Kulluna Tamim held at Katara Cultural Village.
Apart from making portraits of Qatar's leadership, he also draws sketches of famous animation characters.
'It is my hobby. I started drawing sketches 10 years ago and since then I am continuously indulged in art, said Almutawah while talking to The Peninsula.
He said that in 2013, he had decided to draw portraits of world's 15 famous leaders. 'I have drawn portrait paintings of Their Excellencies members of the royal family of Qatar. I also drew portraits of Sultan of Oman and other world leaders, he said.
To a question about the response he received for 'Kulluna Tamim exhibition, he said that the feedback was very good.
'As many as 18 portrait paintings were on display in the exhibition and hundreds of people visited the week-long event, he said.
Almutawah said that different people had praised different portraits; some people liked Kulluna Tamim portrait painting while others loved the sketch of H E Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani.
He said that he had distributed around 10,000 stickers of Kulluna Tamim portrait among motorists for their vehicles while as many as 100,000 small stickers of the same portrait painting he had distributed for carrying on the backs of smart phones.
Hamad Almutawah is a self-taught artist and did not take tutorials to translate his passion into a reality.
'I never joined any academy and have no teacher. I had an inborn skill which further got refined with my hard-work and practice.
Almutawah is keeping his hobby alive despite being a government employee. 'Whatever time I get after doing my job, I give it to my passion. I spend from my own pocket for my hobby.
He has special aptitude for drawing animation characters particularly the ones popular during 1980s and 90s.
'I draw these old cartoon characters as they revive the memories of those golden days of my childhood in my mind and love it. Occasionally, I also draw new animation characters on children's request. He said that some teachers had invited him to their schools to teach the art to kids or create interest in students for the art.
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