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Swimming in the Heaven Painting

Badri Valian

United States

Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Size: 72 W x 48 H x 5 D in

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Originally listed for $4,500

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ABOUT THE ARTWORK

There are always stories behind my paintings . in many religions there are a lot of interoperation of heaven ,about how does it look like and how much the people are happy living there, swimming in the rivers ,filled up with milk and honey and how angeles entertain heaven residents with pleassure which all reminds me “ Victoria Secret “ super models in fashion show . . When I was a kid , my father's aunt , Fatemeh , was telling me a lot of religious stories after her evening pray when she was staying in our house once a month or every other month . Her voice sounded pleasant , delicate and confident of what she believed . Heaven was her favorite subject to talk about . Her full imaginary description illustrated beautiful images and cultivated figures of Victoria secret angels in my mind who they were '“ kind , good looking , sexy and helpful.” Which I have doubt about it . This painting is totally abstracted evil figures in purple conflicting with some creamy color, or maybe milk and honey color angels who they are melting off like an ice cream to disappear to be nothing as they were been nothing since beginning . This painting is purely anti aunt Fatemeh’s philosophy within all the respect to her. This painting is dedicated to aunt Fatemeh for being such an awesome and unique story teller . She was on her 80s when she started telling me stories . This painting is collected by one of my favorite art collector in San Francisco Bay Area. She is Lebanese -American and always tells me " I m a big fan of your artworks .". Whenever she comes to buy some pieces , she dress up like if she is in Sotheby’s auction .

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Painting:

Acrylic on Canvas

Original:

One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

72 W x 48 H x 5 D in

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Human body and its movements are the most intricate, sophisticated structures our eyes are exposed to. The fluidness and continuity of human movements along with the shapes the body takes during these movements, create a picture in our eyes full of smooth curves musically related to each other. This is what I try to capture in my work blending the body and its motions with music I hear and the rapture I feel in my mind . "Family Dreams" Project's statement : Today’s society is a conglomeration of children of yesterday. The children who witness the interactions and relations between their parents and other family members. The child’s memory is full of colors juxtaposing patterns shaped by the surrounding characters and deformed by their personalities. Reminiscing those memories bring tears to her eyes instead of smiles to her face. She finds her soul crushing under the pressure of pain, watching her mother’s detestable and odious treatment of her father. She sees her father desperately trying to bond the family together and to prevent its disintegration while the mother is ripping it apart with her unbearable sorrow, extreme anxieties, and hate. The mother’s shape is warped and distorted. The father is a collection of soft curves that do not belong to their rightful place and seem scattered and disoriented. The rest of the family fills gaps of the palette wherever the mother leaves them spaces to be and to breathe. And mother’s agitations force the children to swarm to any gaps they find in the palette where they can find some peace. Today, these children have grown to be adults. They see themselves as the harvest of what was sown years ago by those who touched their life. Recognizing the edicts of color and form, they try to portray on every palette, the story of a day of life, more sad than happy, long gone but still fresh in their mid and soul.

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