Painting has never existed outside my life; it has always been part of how I understand myself and the world around me.
When I paint, my awareness of time begins to disappear. The process becomes a form of meditation – a space of concentration, stillness, and freedom in which an idea that previously existed only in my imagination can gradually take physical form. It is this act of creation that continues to draw me back to the studio: the possibility of bringing something into existence that was not there before.
My practice is rooted in the visual and cultural experiences of my early life in Iran, but it continues to evolve through my life in Canada. Living between these experiences has given me an opportunity to reconsider familiar symbols, emotions, and ways of seeing. Rather than separating these influences, I am interested in allowing them to meet – combining memory and heritage with new cultural encounters to create a visual language that continues to change with me.
I work across oil, watercolor, pastel, and drawing, allowing the idea to guide the choice of medium and approach. I am not interested in repeating a single subject or aesthetic simply because it is recognizable. I am more interested in experimentation, transformation, and in finding the visual form that best expresses each idea.
For me, a painting becomes complete when it creates a moment of connection.
I want the viewer to stop.
To stay with the work a little longer than expected. To notice something, question something, feel something – and perhaps return for another look. Whether that response is curiosity, recognition, contemplation, or simply a quiet smile, I want the work to open a conversation rather than provide every answer.
Ultimately, I paint because I love the act of creating. Each work begins as something intangible – an image, an emotion, a question – and painting gives me the possibility of making it visible.
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