“Art cannot be defined, Art is limitless, and once put into a mold, its character gets diminished. Art is like the process of creation; No one knows how it was created.” Shahda said in one of the interviews. Edward Shahda was born in Hama, Syria 1952. He started drawing in his early age and began his creative journey in 1968 at Suheil Ahdab Center in Hama, when he cultivated his passion and talent by learning different techniques: oil, watercolor, charcoal, and pencil. He studied at The Faculty of Fine Arts in Damascus (1971-1976) and graduated with excellence. He was influenced by the works of realism artists like Daumier, Goya and Rembrandt to name a few, and after that, by artworks from socialist realism of Russian, German and Italian artists. In 1991-1992, he resided at the Anatoli Klankov Atelier in Russia, his works examines the human as the main concern of his paintings. Shahda is also known for his ability to create vibrant and emotional images of physical reality scenes. Shahda is known as one of the most consistent color artist in the Syrian art scene. The richness of his memory nourishes the flow of his spiritual themes, from Assyrian icons to Palmerian sculptures, legends, poet biographies and Islamic ornaments. Shahda is a totalitarian, pluralistic and secular artist despite the spiritual depth of his saturated colors.