“لماذا نُفكر دائمًا في نهايات الأشياء رغم أننا نعيش بدايتها !!؟ هل لأننا شُعوب تعشق أحزانها ؟ أم لأننا من كثرة ما اعتدنا من الخوف ~~ أصبحنا نخاف على كل شيء ، ومن أي شيء ! حتى أوقات سعادتنا نخشى عليها من النهاية !” ― فاروق جويدة _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ __ ___ Romantic Realist Mark Arian art The exceptional work of master painter Arian is the product of natural artistic talent and heartfelt passion, tempered by more than thirty years of devoted study, astute observation and the unfurling realization of his vast artistic vision. Arians artistic career began to unfold as a child growing up in the Midwest, where he poured over books on animals and then carefully drew the pictures freehand into a treasured portfolio of drawings and sketches that he kept by his side. His passion for drawing knew no bounds, and soon after, he was creating charcoal portraits of his relatives and painting still lifes on an easel set up in the basement of his familys home. When Arian entered the third grade, one of his most captivating memories was when a teacher taught him to draw a rowboat in perspective. This first experience with Realism launched him towards what would become his greatest artistic passion to date. In his later childhood years, Arian knew that he wanted to study art or architecture as a life pursuit, and when he wasnt drawing and sketching, he often built small scale model buildings out of balsa wood. One of the most significant artistic turning points in Arians development came at the age of 14 when he experienced his first true transcendental moment upon viewing the original work of the Dutch 17th century master, Rembrandt, for the first time. He was visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York when he came upon a painting that shocked him as thoroughly as it thrilled him. It was a Rembrandt painting of a womans profile. Something opened within me that day that is still a primary influence in all of my work. It was the chiaroscuro - the brilliant interplay of light and shadow, which evoked a sense of transcendent, uncanny presence that I had never witnessed before in a work of art. Rembrandt captured the soul of his subjects in a way that few have ever done - the imprint of spirit clearly painting through him as heavenly muse. It brought a whole new dimension to art and life for me. Upon returning to his studies, he realized that his aspiration as an artist was to create art that would touch peoples souls just as deeply as Rembrandt had touched his. At the age of 21, Arian took the vows of a monk and was granted the same rare opportunity to create art that Michelangelo once had - both were sponsored by a religious organization to cultivate their artistic genius. For almost 2 decades, Arian painted seven days a week, 10 hours a day, with seemingly boundless energy for his beloved craft. During this time of seclusion, Arian heightened his level of spiritual awareness and raised his level of creativity to a whole new dimension.
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