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ARTIST'S STATEMENT

  • Since childhood, as I remember, I always have found myself engaged in scrabbling with charcoal or chalk, drawing objects before me; or capturing human emotions and expressions. I have spent many years understanding and practicing the art of portrait painting because I believe that it is a passion for me. In my early years I was conscious of rigid compositions and limited pallet; however, soon I pulled myself out from awful influence and pursued nature for inspiration. Currently, I am exploring new dimensions in my compositions and painting people around me who are in most cases barely noticed as humans in the society. I highlight their essence of eccentricity, humanity and individuality. I am interested in exploring the hidden "specialty" in them and attempting to capture character and gravity of the individual with quicker bolder brush strokes. Simple expressions turn complex as I project common people's sufferings, confusions, hopes and dreams. Figures move freely in anonymous space molded with energetic colors, texture and aesthetic illusions of appearance and disappearance. Concepts and maturity of ideas are the essence of contemporary art, thus the Content and the Form in my painting is not merely a "face painting" exercise but it carries struggling soul of the soil with it as well as emphasizes the enigma of existence both on the real and ideal level.

    The spirituality is generated through the visual interplay of various forms ad shapes subtly moving elements through one part to another, creating part to part and part to whole relationship in the composition. I consciously create a line of co-incident in the composition for binding various elements together, synchronizing color tone, texture with dancing and twisting bold brush strokes. My painting combines realism with impressionistic touches through my choice of complex pallet and a varied use of media.

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