Nowhere

Nilou Farzam No human inhabitant Oil on canvas 24" x 36" x 1.5" 2020 My paintings are an amalgam to the essential questions of life, "Who am I? Why am I here? What is this life about? How can I contribute to this world?" They are also a tribute to my cultural upbringing and emotional crosscurrents of my life. I have been drawing and painting figures since childhood and I still do. My figurative art retains strong reference to the reality of my own life and thoughts, feelings and identity. My thoughts and feelings created my life and I identified with them. In 2014, I started working in an abstract expressionist style. I give permission to my creative self, and my paintings develop in their own way and materialize. The paint takes charge and I take a role of vessel. This is not without conscious thought or intention. It is indeed the consciousness itself. I am allowing the whatever I am attached to leave, especially the thought of "I," "me" or "mine." I go beyond ego, and let I AM whic