Guinness World Record for Lebanese painter Colette Haddad

The Lebanese artist Colette Haddad entered the Guinness World Record for the largest underwater painting measuring 6 square meters outscoring the Danish painter Jesper Kikkenborg, and achieving a breakthrough for Lebanese women by working in the cold water of La Marina Dbayyeh, for two straight hours. Her painting has embodied the aquatic nature of Lebanon combining a wide range of icons, including, the Pigeon Rock of Rawche, the columns of Baalbek, a Phoenician galley, the traditional folklore dance (dabke) and the Lebanese emblem, in addition to Lebanon’s 10425 km2 surface area.(Al Diyar, February 26, 2016)