Sabah Mashrai is a visual artist from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - the city of Jeddah. She loves writing poetry and participates in the field of culture and arts (a member of the Culture and Arts Association and a member of the Nucleus of Art. She participates in several artistic workshops, the charcoal and lead workshop, the realistic portraiture workshop, and the acrylic workshop of the impressionist school.

*Q2/ Beginning, how does Sabah Mashrai introduce herself to the reader?*

C/ A Saudi visual artist still searching for the subject, idea, and style.

*Q3/ How do you determine the motives, beginnings and paths of your artistic experience?*

C/ My love for art and literature since childhood, and my attraction and inclination to creativity and crystallization of inspiration
White paper.

*Q4/ Who was influenced by the artist Sabah Mashraie among the local and international artists in drawing and poetry?*

C/ By art, Van Gogh
And Taha Saban
And poetry by Nizar Qabbani
And Ghazi Al-Gosaibi

*Q5/ When do you draw Sabah Mashri’i? Did the crises and circumstances that society is going through in the past and current period have an impact on the composition of your paintings?*

C/ I draw to translate a feeling and feeling embodied by the movement of the brush with color

*Q6/ How do you usually deal with colors and how do they contribute to the aesthetics of your paintings?*
C/ I leave that to my imagination and my sense of the subject

*Q7/ You participated in many distinguished exhibitions locally and internationally. What is the added value that this brought to you?*
C/ Primarily, gaining wonderful friendships with those in the field of art and a sense of accomplishment and distinction

*Q8/ What is the value of the award in your artistic career?*

C/ Confirmation and motivation for success

*Q9/ Which of the two situations excites the artist Sabah’s feelings: a visual artist standing in front of her paintings and discussing them, or an ordinary person standing in front of her and asking her about its content?*

A: They both make me feel excited and proud

*Q10/ Has the Saudi visual artist reached the status she deserves, in your opinion?*
A: I am still working on that

*Q11/ Tell us about your experience in poetry? Your beginnings and which poets were you influenced by?*
A: At first, I loved reading very much
Then I wrote some thoughts and short stories
Then poetry

*Q12 / Society, people, life, existence, concerns and questions are multiple regions. How do you view them in terms of image and poetry?*
A/Sometimes some situations or stories stimulate my imagination, so I imitate them with a painting or writing

At the end of the interview, I thank the visual artist Sabah Mashrai for accepting the invitation and we apologize for taking so long.

Final word for the newspaper?
All thanks and appreciation to Professor Ali Hamdi and for your interest and shedding light on the aesthetics of art and literature