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ART CHALLENGE #94

Sadaf Kavosi
Dubai, United Arab Emirates,
maghze mariz, acrylic,
41½ x 29½ cm (16 x 12")
Second Prize is a
two-page editorial feature in
American Art Collector magazine

My Inspiration
I drew this painting about two years ago
when it was a period where confusing
things happened in my life. It was some
kind of dark time; although I saw a very
narrow light at the end of the tunnel, so
it was some kind of paradox. While it was
so messy in my head and I was depressed
inside, I didn’t express my feelings to I can speak to. The fly on top of the head frame of the human face, then I drew the
others around me. is a symbol of my mental conflicts, which mouth, which included all the teeth and
bothered me at that period of time. lamp and the others. Next I drew the fly on
My Design Strategy top. Eventually I diluted the acrylic with
I use compressed paperboard instead of My Working Process water and sprayed it on the board. There is
canvas because I don’t like the softness The sprayed colors express my mental no boundary in my painting. It took me five
of canvas. I used acrylic because it puts pressure, which goes out of its brain in days to draw maghze mariz, which stands for
colors together in a good way, and doesn’t the painting. Since I used compressed sick mind in Persian.
have many limitations and colors easily paperboard, at least three layers of paint
cover each other. I used yellow color for were needed because it absorbs the acrylic Contact Info
background because it was a dark enough colors. Because of that, it took more
painting in other areas. time than usual to paint the background, » Email : sadaf.kavosi@gmail.com
I drew only one ear, because I am a good but it eased the painting afterward, after
listener myself, but there isn’t anyone whom completing the background I drew the

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