Mai El Naga is a contemporary artist exploring vibrant color and emotional storytelling. Her paintings invite viewers into worlds of expressive figures and intricate details where everyday moments become colorful visual narratives.

   An artist and plastic surgeon based in East Grinstead, UK, Mai grew up in Cairo. Inspired by Egypt, her work draws on cultural traditions, street energy and rhythms along the Nile.
Women, fishermen, drifting boats and birds inhabit her paintings, woven with floral forms and decorative patterns. These subjects explore human connection and the relationship between people and their surroundings, offering stories for viewers to interpret.

   Working with acrylics, ink and markers, Mai blends abstract and figurative elements through bold brushwork and hand-drawn lines. Deep blues meet vivid oranges, warm corals and lavenders, while figures emerge from layers of colour. The interplay between painted surfaces and outlines gives her work rhythm.

   Expressive and full of movement, Mai's work invites viewers to follow a line, discover a figure and find a story.