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I lived in Coquitlam, BC for a few years. One day, not too far from my home, I stumbled upon the wreckage of an old wharf in New Westminster, where the Brunette River flows into the Fraser River and a few hundred feet from Sapperton Landing. A few decrepit, abandoned shacks stood beside the wharf, where a couple of old fishing boats docked. I went there a couple of times, walked among the decaying wooden structures and took some photographs. I believe it was called Brunette Wharf, and it was old enough to have been built by the early 19th-century Sappers, although I can't find any records of it online today. Satellite images from before 2005 show the wharf, and it was apparently demolished and removed a few years later. Today, the area is part of Sapperton Landing Park. The wharf and one of the fishing boats inspired this work. Around the same time I had purchased Tom Waits’ Alice album and listened to the cover song ten times a day. Somehow, Alice’s reflection appeared in the dark, murky waters under the dock and stayed there forever, to lure the unsuspecting fishermen and bystanders in.
Original Created:2005
Subjects:Seascape
Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper
Size:8 W x 12 H x 0.1 D in
Size with Frame:13.25 W x 17.25 H x 1.2 D in
Frame:White
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I was born in Shiraz, Iran, in 1960. The same year I began my post-secondary education in engineering, I enrolled in part-time painting classes taught by the Iranian artist G.H. Saber. This started a lifelong journey on two diverging paths: pursuing my true calling as an artist, and earning a living. Despite devoting much of my free time and attention to art, I remained in engineering for many years due to practical and financial concerns. With my wife's support, I finally quit my job in October 2021 to fully focus on my art! For years, graphite and pen and ink drawing felt the most intuitive to me. After moving to Canada, I got into printmaking in 2003, which introduced me to the local printmaking community and expanded my technical and market possibilities. In the early 2010s, I began experimenting with oil paint, which quickly turned into my favorite medium. Visual imagination and illusions are my primary inspirations. As an obsessive daydreamer, I “see things” in the most ordinary objects and occurrences. This has been a common thread in my art since my childhood scribblings. Over the years, my approach to these "apparitions" has evolved. My prints were more stoic, while my recent paintings are more free and relaxed. Today I call myself a fantasy artist, not in the popular sense of illustrating preconceived unreal creatures and scenes. Rather, through my art I try to see and discover new and unfamiliar worlds, and incite viewers to do the same.
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