The work of many Sudanese artists has been inspired by their natural surroundings. Artists like Mutaz Al-Fatih use ground coffee beans, tea leaves, plants and fruit peel to create the colours they use in their paintings. Others, like Salah Al-Mur, depict childhood memories such as his ‘Family day out’ at Al-Sunut Forest. Meanwhile, the internationally renowned Ibrahim Al-Salahi has created a series of artwork pieces based on the haraz tree. For Al-Salahi the haraz, which is dry in the rainy season and green during drought, is unique and has character and further represents the spiritual connection from its roots and reaching up into the heavens.

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Salah Elmur. Family day out, 2016.

Acrylic on canvas

Signed and dated "S.ELMUR.2016" lower left

89x119 cm

Image credit © Piasa

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Mutaz Mohammed Al-Fateh. Female forms in the traditional Sudanese Toub. 2019

Coffee on paper.

Framed against a village scene of low mud buildings and minarets.

Image credit © WOMEN'S LITERACY IN SUDAN

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Ibrahim El-Salahi. The Tree, 2003

Coloured inks on Bristol board

76.5 × 76.5 cm

Image credit © artsy.net

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