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Soraya is a versatile artist working in watercolours, oils, pastels, acrylics and mixed media in a variety of subject matters such as musicians, café scenes and
African market scenes amongst others. Many of her subjects are travel based and people in everyday life situations feature a great deal in
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her work, light and colour are the two important elements in her paintings together with semi abstract passages and a sense of ambiguity where she allows the viewer to make up the story.
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magazine and regularly holds painting workshops in her studio at
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