Eva Horup: An artist bringing to life Qatar’s landscapes on epoxy resin – The Peninsula Qatar

Eva Horup: An artist bringing to life Qatar’s landscapes on epoxy resin – The Peninsula Qatar

The wonderment of long Arabian Gulf shoreline of beaches and dunes, the desert and the landscapes of Qatar are among the subjects where Eva Horup drew inspiration for her artworks. A Lithuanian and Doha-based artist, Eva’s art is distinctive — she uses epoxy resin that makes her art come alive in 3D.

Her art is an immersion, a retrospective of a capsulated scene of a sea or landscape. A delve into the details of nature; her art has a sense of depth that submerges an individual to the elements of nature; her work is the nature in art. There is calmness when you look at her pieces, almost an enchantment how the colours burst to life.

The Peninsula talked to her and asked how she started and her take on the growing art industry in the country.

Eva Horup with her Nacre painting

Could you tell us who Eva is? How and when did you learn that you are meant to be an artist?

I am a Lithuania-born artist who draws inspiration from the many different cultures I’ve encountered and countries I’ve visited. I spent a lot of time in Africa and Scandinavia, for about two decades, before coming to the Middle East. Since then,