Abstract painter · Art educator

Ghassan Al Hayek

Original abstract paintings full of colour and movement, plus classes for anyone who wants to start painting.

Shop original paintings

Latest artwork

A square abstract painting of a deep blue night sky with swirling turquoise and yellow strokes

Starry Night

$640

A deep blue night sky full of swirling turquoise and yellow strokes, painted after a summer night in the Chouf mountains.

A square abstract painting with bold black strokes radiating across red and orange

Majesty

$400

Bold black strokes radiating across fields of red and orange, painted in one intense session.

An abstract painting of overlapping turquoise, cream and charcoal rectangles

Analogue

$800

Overlapping turquoise, cream and charcoal rectangles: a quiet study in balance and weight.

Abstract painting of harbour lights reflected in blue water

Meena Harbor

$640

The lights of Beirut port reflected in dark blue water, broken into bright fragments.

The energy I put into every canvas is the energy you feel when you look at it.

I paint large, layered abstracts built from bold colour and gesture. Each work starts with a memory or a place and grows over weeks of painting, scraping back and painting again.

Alongside my studio practice I teach painting to adults and young artists, sharing the techniques that help them find their own voice.

Read my story

A painter standing with arms crossed in front of abstract canvases in his studio

Solo exhibitions: 14
Paintings in private collections: 300+
Students taught: 650+

Upcoming exhibitions

Come and see the work in person at one of my upcoming shows.

Visitors looking at large abstract canvases in a white gallery

Shapes of Silence

Jun 12 – Jul 16 · A solo show of new large-scale abstracts at a gallery in Saifi Village, Beirut.

See the solo show — Shapes of Silence

Group exhibition of colourful paintings on brick gallery walls

Colour and Memory

Jul 28 – Aug 20 · A group show in Amman of Arab painters exploring the places of their childhood.

See the group show — Colour and Memory

Gallery room hung with snowy landscape paintings

Northern Light

Sep 16 – Oct 8 · Landscape-inspired canvases painted during a winter residency in the Cedars.

See the residency works — Northern Light

From the studio

A short film from the Mar Mikhael studio: the paintings in progress, the classes and the people who come to paint.

Play video: From the studio (opens in a new tab)

Really beautiful, professional abstracts. The piece we commissioned brings our whole office to life.

— Dalia Hourani, Architect, Beirut