Through his paintings of trees, which Nahas calls his “Landscapes”, the artist reconnects to Lebanon and to Egypt, where he spent his childhood years. Cedars from the high altitudes of the Lebanese mountains, olives from the Mediterranean coast and palm trees from the coasts and deserts form his repertoire.

We never sees the trees in their totality. Instead Nahas’ viewpoint is up close. Cropped and foreshortened, his cedars tower above the viewer, whilst in his olive trees and palms he concentrates on the trunks, with their gnarled and uneven textures. The effect is visceral. With their lack of symmetry and with their similar yet irregular repeated features there are undeniable links to his “Fractal” paintings.