Drawing inspiration from her native Beirut, Zena Assi’s work portrays the socio-cultural aspects and intense emotions of contemporary urban society. She depicts figures and scenes using a flat spatial environment, angular outlines, rich colors and patterns that reference Egon Schiele, and Gustav Klimt. The vertical canvas of blossoming trees in “Untitled (trees)” has the flat perspective typical of Assi’s work while the color of the flowers reminds the viewer of the springtime cherry and almond trees in Lebanon.