Las Olas Isles – acrylic, gel on canvas, 40 x 32 in, 2020 
Las Olas Isles – acrylic, gel on canvas, 40 x 32 in, 2020 
Venice Isles – acrylic, gel on canvas, 40 x 32 in, 2020 
Venice Isles – acrylic, gel on canvas, 40 x 32 in, 2020 
Seven Isles – acrylic, gel on canvas, 40 x 32 in, 2020 
Seven Isles – acrylic, gel on canvas, 40 x 32 in, 2020 
Riviera Isles – acrylic, gel on canvas, 40 x 32 in, 2020 
Riviera Isles – acrylic, gel on canvas, 40 x 32 in, 2020 
Connections – acrylic, gel on canvas, 26 x 20 in, 2021 
Connections – detail 1 
Connections – detail 2
American Dream Series
Khawam’s work from 2015 until 2020 focused on social disruption, displacement, and immigration through the ‘Aleppo’ and ‘Chaos’ series. In 2020, the Pandemic affected millions worldwide and kept him in the studio experimenting with a new representational painting series, a depiction of South Florida’s urban landscape that surrounded his studio, “I wanted to flip the narrative and experiment with a subject and a style opposite of the ‘Chaos’ series by exploring prosperity from an immigrant’s perspective of the American dream. The focus of this series splits between a bird-eye view and an intimate close-up of the figure and its relationship with the geometric living space and nature.
The perpendicular urban view gave Khawam the freedom to work on a painting from all four sides, no matter how the painting was turned which reveals almost the same visual result. The focus is on the waterfront luxury homes, swimming pools, boats, yachts, and cars to form a network of geometric semi-abstracted shapes. The composition was formed around flat shapes with joyful color palette to reflect the spirit of Florida’s landscape with the sunshine and endless waterways, canals, lakes, and golden beaches. He portrays the inhabitant’s love and dialogue with the urban landscape around the intracoastal waterway along Ocean Drive in South Florida, stretching between Miami to Palm Beach and beyond to the Northern points of Florida” Khawam said.
Tony Khawam Art 