Hamra Abbas

God Grows on Trees, 2007-2008
99 gouache paintings and diasec digital print

The 99 portraits of children were painted by the artist over the period of one year, informed by her visits to Madrassahs (religious schools) in Pakistan.

The photograph depicts trees along a road in Lahore, each nailed with metal plates reciting the 99 names or attributes of God in Islamic tradition.