The Wings

The Wings by Somaya Soliman centers on a blue figure with wings extended across the picture. Seen against a broad orange field, the figure creates a strong upright form, while the wings carry the composition outward to either side. The image is built from a clear silhouette surrounded by richly worked color.

Blue establishes the figure’s main shape, with pink, pale yellow, and lighter blue marks breaking through its surface. Along the wings, repeated strokes suggest the rhythm of feathers without settling into detailed naturalism. The intense orange above gives these cooler passages particular force.

Below the figure, small blocks of color form a patterned environment. Turquoise, green, pink, and violet accumulate into a surface that can suggest a distant landscape or an imagined built world. Its compact marks contrast with the larger, more continuous movement of the wings.

The winged form invites associations with freedom, protection, or transformation, while the painting leaves its identity open. Its breadth and vertical emphasis give the image an expansive character. The Wings uses color and simplified symbolism to create a scene that feels suspended between the earthly and the imagined.