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Aisha Caan is known as an abstract painter, influenced by religion and science and inspired by Abstract Expressionist Artists. Her work is centred round the Creation of the Universe and its Creator Aisha refers to this Creator as the ‘Sublime’.

The Essence of God and the Creation of the Universe has been a very integral source of inspiration in her paintings. Trying to express this unknown phenomenon in a form of Fine Art, is not easy, because no matter what medium she may choose, it is a form of physical matter, trying to express something that is not physical, or representational. However, by using Arabic calligraphy, extracts of verses from the Quran and other holy scriptures, and trying to create luminosity within her work, a form of religious / sacred art is being created within the framework of contemporary art.

Allah -7, 2007: oil on canvas - 91 x 61 cm