RAISED IN SOUTHERN FRANCE, I GREW UP EYES WIDE OPEN TO ART: I OBSERVED MY PEERS PAINT STILL LIFE AND RELIGIOUS ICONS, BUT DESPITE A RICH CULTURAL INHERITANCE, I AM ENTIRELY SELF-TAUGHT STUDYING THE MASTERS ON MY OWN.

IN MY 20's I WENT TO ARMENIA TO PURSUE MY OPERATIC EDUCATION, WHICH BROUGHT ME TREMENDEOUS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE HUMAN BODY, SOUL, AND HEART. THROUGH MUSIC I ALSO DEVELOPED A SHARP SENSE OF SYNTHESIS, WHICH HELPED ME EXPAND MY VISUAL IMAGINATION.

MY CONSTANT NEED TO CREATE, SEARCH AND SHARE MY OWN FINDS IN ART AND LIFE DREW ME BACK TO PAINTING. EXACTLY 2 YEARS AFTER COMING TO THE STATES, I GOT MY FIRST PAINT AND AN EVOLUTION OCCURRED.

NOWDAYS MY ART IS DIRECTLY DRAWN FROM MY LIFE EXPERIENCE AND WHAT I SENSE IN THE MODERN WORLD. THE PATTERNS I SEE IN MUSIC, OCEAN AND HUMAN SPIRIT HELP ME DECODE CREATION.

I LIKE BRIDGING THE SENSUAL TO THE SPIRITUAL, THE PEACEFUL TO THE APOCALYPTIC, THE VISIBLE REALITY TO THE YET UNSEEN COSMIC WORLD. I SEE NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ABSTRACT AND THE FIGURATIVE; ANYTHING THE MIND CAN ASSUME HAS A FOOT IN OUR REALITY. ARTISTS BRING WHAT CAN ONLY BE SEEN WITH THE MIND TO THE NAKED EYE.

Andranik