Peshawar paintings, lagore

Shafiq has opened the exhibition of watercolour paintings at the Alharma Art Gallery on this week. About 66 paintings are on displayed, most depicting the historical places in Lahore and peshawar. Paintings of Taj Mahal is also on displayed which shafiq painted during a visit to india. Images of the Badshahi Mosque, the Masjid Wazir khan, the lahore museum, the lahore fort, the shalimar gardens and the masjid mohabat khan are also on displayed. His backgrounds of an architect has also helped him understand marble, red sandstone and flooring. Ironically the work is a wake-up call for those who are cutting trees, vandalising monuments and encroaching on the streets. He told that he had drawn the sketches of the buildings and later painted them on canvas and also exhibited his work in united states, qatar and iran.