Syrian Refugee Story in Art Paints

Omar was a student of Physics at Damascus University, that is, until the war came to his city. The University closed, and Omar and his family fled to the Kurdistan region of Northern Iraq as war refugees. Omar turned to his childhood love of art to show the world the extent of what he experienced. Omar was forced out of Iraq and back to his city in Syria where he works as a bread maker, trying to get enough money to survive during the conflict.

Now, the paintings are in the US, and the opportunity to display the paintings for the world to see in person is here. If $6,000 can be raised, funds can be forwarded to Omar to help he and his family endure hardships and pay food, rent and art supply expenses so he can continue to produce more works of art. Also funds will be allocated for professional framing each painting and costs for displaying them in galleries where Omar's unique story through art paints can be viewed.

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Click here to see Omar's paintings on Imgur

No easel for his canvas, no dedicated space for his artwork. But Omar uses a simple chair to help him share his heart through paints

Eyes cry tears reflecting the devastation of lives and homes in Syria while much of the world goes about their lives unaffected.

Refugee camps often flood during rains as they are located in low places. However, in this painting, Omar depicts the flood of tears cried by families displaced from homes expressing sorrow as they have lost everything. Meanwhile, their children learn to cope through play as the boy in the painting floats a paper boat on top of the flood of tears.

A cloud rises as a bomb destroys a home. The spirits of mother and her baby rise to heaven in the smoke from the blast.

White flowers planted in a bomb shell casing. The ultimate irony - a display of beauty and peace rooted in a vessel which brings death and destruction.

In the Middle East, people of many religions lived in close proximity for centuries in peace. Syria and Iraq both contain large communities of Christians as well as Muslims and Yazidis. In this work, Omar recognizes the Christian heritage shared by many throughout the region - even though he himself is Muslim

In this photo, Omar poses with his finished work of his favorite subject - Albert Einstein - the father of modern physics.

Albert Einstein, abstract watercolor

Albert Einstein: oil painting