Rooted Between Two Homelands explores what happens when two places have both become part of who you are. A gum tree anchors the composition, its spreading roots carrying fragments of Jordanian history and memory while the surrounding landscape evokes Australia.
The roots hold more than one meaning — ancestral roots in Jordan, putting down roots in Australia, and the possibility of belonging to a new homeland without uprooting the old one.
Rather than portraying migration as a journey from one place to another, the work reflects a life shaped by both: memory and belonging existing together, each continuing to grow.
Sometimes belonging is not about choosing between two homelands, but becoming rooted in both.
Medium: Acrylic and oil with mixed-media texture on canvas
Dimensions: 61 × 91 cm
Year: 2026
Unframed — ready to hang
Rooted Between Two Homelands explores what happens when two places have both become part of who you are. A gum tree anchors the composition, its spreading roots carrying fragments of Jordanian history and memory while the surrounding landscape evokes Australia.
The roots hold more than one meaning — ancestral roots in Jordan, putting down roots in Australia, and the possibility of belonging to a new homeland without uprooting the old one.
Rather than portraying migration as a journey from one place to another, the work reflects a life shaped by both: memory and belonging existing together, each continuing to grow.
Sometimes belonging is not about choosing between two homelands, but becoming rooted in both.
Medium: Acrylic and oil with mixed-media texture on canvas
Dimensions: 61 × 91 cm
Year: 2026
Unframed — ready to hang
