Nourssia, 2025
Sana Hichri

Painting : oil, acrylic, mixed media

128 x 130 x 3 cm 50.4 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€5,000 5 000 €

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Signature

Hand-signed by artist

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Dimensions cm inch

128 x 130 x 3 cm 50.4 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch Height x Width x Depth

Framing

Not framed


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Portrait

figurative

Composition

Colors

Women

Faces

Green

Artwork sold in perfect condition

Artwork location: Belgium

"Nourssia"

Nourssia stood at the heart of the painting as if pulsing beyond the bounds of color. She wasn't simply a face emerging from behind layers of paint, but an entire era folding back into a woman's features and recomposing itself through small squares like windows onto souls not yet fully opened. Through these delicate forms, it seemed as if life itself had decided to write its story on her face—a story not told with words, but with fragmented light that shimmered from one square to the next, and with color that flowed down like warm veins coursing through memory. Time, in this painting, moved slowly; it didn't rush, it didn't age, it unfolded like a rare flower blooming in the final chapters of the seasons. It slid through her hair, into her calm gaze, into the rosy glow that caressed her cheeks, as if she were saying, “I don't fight against time… I teach it to pass over me gently." As for the small squares surrounding her eyes, they resembled accumulated pearls of light: memories, moments, laughter, long silences, and unspoken promises. They gathered to form her second face—the one no one sees unless they look with the eye of the heart. Nourssia was a woman convinced that time is not an enemy, but a companion; a companion that changes shape, but never abandons those it loves. This is how her story began, the story of a woman who lives between the flow of color and the pulse of truth.

Nourssia was born in a soft light, like the light of dawn when it hesitates before announcing its arrival, and she grew up learning that every color holds a secret, every heart has a door, and every woman possesses a unique way of navigating the world. As she grew older, she understood something no child before her had grasped: time doesn't live in years… but in the small details we fear forgetting to have lived. So she began to gather her moments like mosaics, placing them on her inner face to let them shine whenever she needed light. She wasn't seeking perfection, but sincerity. She didn't want to be seen, but understood. She knew that life isn't measured by the number of times you smile, but by the number of times you choose to smile in spite of everything. So, when she stood at the center of the canvas, she let the colors flow over her as they pleased, without fearing their blending, their contours, or their intensities, because she knew that each flowing color leaves a trace, and that each trace is a new sentence in her book.

In this composition, the veins of time intersected with the features of a woman whose eyes held gentle wisdom, whose lips held a silent promise, and whose pictorial architecture forged a marriage between past and future. The colored squares were not ornaments, but keys to life, shining like pulses from the depths of memory. And the colors that cascaded around her were not fleeting decorations, but a path flowing like small rivers that reconfigure the world around her. The painting expressed a clear truth: every woman carries within her a secret canvas, whose beauty is truly fulfilled only when she has the courage to let its colors speak. And amidst this light, amidst this rhythm, Nourssia resurrected an ancient whisper: “It is not the years that transform us… but the way we choose to see ourselves through them." Therein lay the wisdom of time.

However, something else was taking shape on the horizon: something beautiful, luminous, gently approaching her, like a new beginning waiting for the right moment to reveal itself. Nourssia sensed it without seeing it; she felt it as the heart recognizes the arrival of a beloved season even before it knocks at the door. It was a delicate promise drawing near, bringing with it the breath of magnificent change, whispering that the road ahead remains full of light-worthy beginnings, and that the most beautiful thing to come… has not yet arrived, but is already on its way to her.



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Independent artist • Belgium

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Sana Hichri, Nourssia
Belgium  • 1976

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Lives and works between Brussels, Dubai and Tunisia.

Sana Hichri modern contemporary artiste, sculptor and professor of Fine Art.

Graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Belgium.

Sana Hichri is Director of the Foundation The club of Fine Arts which federates and directs a network of artists. Sana teaches the history of modern art, painting and sculpture, according to a pedagogy that has developed over 20 years of personal artistic experiences.

Sana Hichri's works can be found in collections across the UAE and Europe, developing her style and ability from a very young age. Her modern paintings and sculptures are unique and originale artworks. The technique used in her modern works is mixed media on canvas with high quality materials. Her artwork is layered with symbolism, provoking deep emotions. Sana expresses love, hope, authenticity, and beauty through her modern works.

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