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AMIRA EL-SOKKARY

Painter of moments you forgot you were living. - Seattle and Olympia, WA

I’m Amira :) A painter based in Seattle, working mostly in acrylic, mostly about places I didn’t want to leave.

Most of my work is an ode to Italy. The side streets of Bosa, the harbor at Oritigia, a Roman market at noon, the particular quality of Mediterranean light in the hour before dinner. I’ve been trying to paint the way Italy feels, not just the way it looks. And so far, I have yet to run out of material!

When I’m not painting Italy, I’m painting the feeling of gathering. The dinner party mid-chaos. The nearly empty glass. The meal that nobody wants to end.

To me, art is not a brand. It is a diary.

This is where I keep it all. Originals, prints, cards, and my Paint-and-Sip classes around Seattle and Olympia, where I hand total beginners a brush, and somehow, they leave with something worth hanging up.

Commissions are open. Tell me about the place, the meal, the person across the table… and I’ll turn it into something you can keep looking at.

Amira Elsokkary standing in front of her art display, holding small picture frames of artwork, smiling.
Amira Elsokkary smiling with long dark hair holding a glass of white wine standing in front of a wooden gallery wall featuring three paintings and lit by small spotlights. The paintings depict European-style architecture and coastal scenery. Art show
A woman with dark hair, wearing a white top, sitting at a restaurant table, looking at her phone with a large red drink in front of her. There are various items on the table, including a black water bottle, glasses, and a small bowl.
A woman with curly hair smiling and wearing a white blouse and a patterned skirt, leaning on a stone wall along a rocky coastline with colorful houses on a hillside in the background.
A woman with curly hair wearing sunglasses, a yellow dress, white sneakers, and a white jacket, standing in front of the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy, with a group of tourists behind her and a partly cloudy blue sky.
Person hanging artwork on a gallery wall, with several colorful paintings visible. The person is facing away, uplifting a painting of a martini glass. The gallery has white walls, wooden floors, and a staircase with string lights.
An art gallery or museum corridor with classical sculptures along the walls and ornate ceiling artwork. Several visitors are seated or walking, with a woman in a light-colored dress walking away from the camera.
A woman standing in front of an ornate, carved stone archway with a bas-relief sculpture, inside a museum with a glass ceiling.
People sitting and standing on the steps outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Young woman standing inside an outdoor art display under a beige canopy, with various paintings hung on white grid panels, including landscapes, abstract art, and a portrait, on a sunny day.
Woman with dark hair drinking from a teacup while talking on a mobile phone at an art exhibition, with paintings of a floral still life and a ship on the water in the background.
People participating in a painting event at a restaurant or art studio, with some painting at easels and others observing or preparing to paint, including a woman holding a completed painting.
A woman painting a cityscape on a canvas in an art studio, with a palette of paints nearby, and sketches and artwork visible on the wall behind her.
Artist Amira El-Sokkary smiling holding a bottle of champagne that she deisgned the label for, in a warm decorated indoor space with Christmas decorations, a Christmas tree, and bookshelves. Aluel Cellars. Artist collab. Champagne
PNW Artist and paint instructor Amira El-Sokkary teaching a paint and sip class at Endless Sound Cellars in Olympia, WA. Winter-themed art in Olympia, WA
Amira El-sokkary (PNW artist) teaching a paint and sip class with Aluel Cellars in Queen Anne, Seattle. Outside on the patio. Amira demonstrates how to paint
Amira El-sokkary (seattle artist and paint instructor) teaching people how to paint a floral painting in Ballard, WA at Aluel Cellars. Amira teaches step-by-step at a paint and sip class