Mohsen Rifaat BSc.(Arch), MSc. (Pl) Mohsen grew up in Egypt in an artistic household where he was deeply influenced by the work of his mother, Fatma Hamdi Rifaat the late celebrated Egyptian aquarelliste. A resident of Canada in Canada since 1968, he holds degrees in architecture from Cairo University, and Urban Planning from the University of Toronto, and has enjoyed a wide-ranging career which has taken him to many far-away places. Although he spent much of his professional life in the business, government and diplomatic worlds, Mohsen has never been long removed from his love of art. In recent years he specialized in watercolour renderings ranging from buildings and structures to still life and landscapes. His work has been displayed in Canada, Egypt and the UK and France.