POST-IT 1

DOCTORS OR BUTCHERS?

Medical students in Iran, about 1920's.
the third medical student from the right is my paternal grandfather who died when my father was 3 years old.
subject for a painting maybe?

men, movement, colour, sweat, Iran...

Zoorkhaneh I & II, 2008
195 x 135 and 97 x 135 cm
acrylic and pastels on raw canvas

Zoorkhaneh, meaning power-house, is a place for men to cultivate mind and body. An ancient tradition in Iran, they still function today. I was lucky to witness such a spectacle in Yazd some years ago. I feel Iran to be very much a part of me, but that I myself am very removed from it. Painting these scenes somehow puts me in touch with the roots I so obstinately hang-on to after years of exile.

SOLD

just sold 3 Studies for a Dying Pope to a collector in London.

08-02-08

a self portrait a day, keeps the shrinks away.

PROJECT FOR LUIS SERPA

Invited to participate in a group show at Luis Serpa Gallery this summer in Lisbon.

More information on www.galerialuisserpa.com

TEA WITH THE NAVABIS

a little peek of the navabi comission.
to be finished soon.
promising..