Paintings
Lieve started painting in 2019 when she started drawing Islamic geometric patterns. Below you can find a selection of Lieve’s painted works.
Woven Voices - 2025
This painting was made for the CulturalxCollabs project of the Museum of Islamic Arts in Berlin. It features a pattern from the Alhambra surrounded by a Celtic inspired border.
30x30 cm, watercolour and gouache on paper
A night in Morocco - 2024
This piece was inspired by the ceiling of a restaurant in Chefchaouen, Morocco. The panels are filled with geometric pattern found in Fez and biomorphic patterns of Lieve’s own design.
40x40 cm, watercolour, goache and gold on paper
Wardrobe #14 - 2024
Pattern from Bou Inania Madrasa in Fes, Morocco.
30x30 cm, watercolour and gouache on paper
Zellige Embrace - 2023
Artwork made for an auction hosted by Ian Garrett to raise funds for Gaza. Pattern from Morocco.
30x30 cm, gouache on avocado pit stained Khadi paper
Breath of the compassionate - 2023
An artwork based on the famous pattern ‘Breath of the Compassionate’.
40x40 cm, gouache on paper
View from above - 2022
Dual level pattern painted like a Jaali looking into a different world.
42x56 cm, watercolour and gouache on paper
Pajarita Nazarí - 2022
One of the more famous patterns from the Alhambra in Granada, Spain, featuring the ‘pajarita’ shape which is similar to a bird.
42x56 cm, watercolour, fine liner and pencil on paper
Madrasa - 2023
Geometric Zellige pattern from the Bou Inania Madrasa with biomorphic elements inspired by Al-Attarine Madrasa in Fes, Morocco.
30x30 cm, watercolour and gouache on Khadi paper
Dreaming of Esfahan - 2021
Contrastingly to the original blue patterns found in Esfahan, Iran, Lieve decided to paint this particular one red instead.
30x30 cm, gouache and fine liner on Khadi paper
Floral Khatam - 2020
The Khatam, or 8-pointed star, is one of Lieve’s favorite shapes in Islamic geometric patterns. This one is filled with biomorphic patters of her own design.
20x20 cm, gouache on Khadi paper
