Saqib’s paintings demonstrate the contrast of tarnished walls and closed doors with bright colors and butterfly wings. They represent the reluctance and oppression of a person and their potential to unlock change and progress by use of these wings. They speak of suppressed aspirations, while tactfully awakening nostalgic sentiments and wistful desires. His artwork analogous the cultural canvas of his Oriental and Pakistani land with influential strokes of modernism. Contrasting shades of spring and winter illustrate the universal human tendency to limit oneself; simultaneously melding the experiences of each individual.
Each rustic, antiquated wooden door gives way to the opportunities and decisions we embrace or cast off by opening and closing these doors. The doors appear to be aged and wasted, yet the bright colors he weaves in signify renewed possibilities.
His figures carry a stone exterior and a feeling of quiet regret; leading the mind to perceive an emotional state of containment and the obstacles we may, at times, unconsciously place in our lives. The ability to break free of these obstacles is always present, we need only to become aware and seize it. Each painting is sincerely extraordinary, triggering spectators to search deep within themselves and reawaken their spiritual and mortal potential.