In this series of large-scale works, Bassmi Ibrahim escapes the confines of conventional applications of paint by abandoning the bravado of the brush to reveal purity of color and form. Utilizing “pours” of luscious and hypnotic veils of colors layered onto white grounds, Ibrahim creates enigmatic and seductive manipulations that depict more than a current experience - a brief lull. Instead, these paintings document the experience of “intuitive knowing” - connecting with one’s higher consciousness, the “soul self” - leaving behind the physical “self”, as in the sublimity of the meditative state.