Symbolism and dreamscapes are hallmarks of the emerging Sudanese artist Yasmeen Abdullah’s idiosyncratic paintings. The figures in her canvases possess a profound sense of interiority that radiates from their persons and shapes the settings they reside in. Inspired by the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, Abdullah sees her paintings as a visualisation of his sensitive verses. Taking poetry to the paintbrush, Abdullah’s works are rich with similes and symbols. In one instance, a warming ray of light stands as a pictorial metaphor for hope, and ideas take the form of darting fish. The profound effect is a multilayered world of image and meaning, which begs the viewer to gaze beneath the surface.