About the Artist: Issa Zawahreh
Issa A. Zawahreh was born in the Christian village of Taybeh, near Ramallah. As an active supporter of the Jerusalem Artists Collective, he nurtured and trained many aspiring young artists. His own work focuses on paintings of pastoral landscapes, rustic buildings and Jerusalem cityscapes. Issa died peacefully in Jerusalem on the 1st of December 2014, his 70th birthday.