The present work is a trio of urban landscapes, likely inspired by scenes in Lebanon which he frequently refers to in his oeuvre. The artist employs expressive, gestural brushwork combined with dreamy colour palettes, nodding to classical Impressionist landscapes. Each scene, angled with the precision of a photographer's eye, invites the viewer into a moment suspended between the ephemeral glow of dusk and the first light of dawn. The signature interplay of pinks and oranges against a backdrop of blues and yellows speaks to the aesthetics of transitions—those quiet thresholds of day and night. Here, in these captured instances, is a profound duality: a sense of serene stillness paired with the subtle, inevitable march of time.

Oussama Baalbaki (Lebanese, b. 1978) is a contemporary painter and poet known for his figurative compositions that blur the line between reality and illusion. He explores the role of painting in the age of photography, using expressive brushwork and delicate colour palettes reminiscent of expressionism to depict urban elements like telephone poles, billboards, and cars. These painted scenes resemble Instagram images but unlike their digital counterparts, they convey a sense of time passing and motion. Baalbaki’s work bridges photography’s instant capture of the present and painting’s longer engagement with time, adding a nuanced temporality to his canvases.