Anna Afshar

Biography

Anna has been painting for 25 years. She is a signature member of multiple state and regional art organizations in the US. Her awards include “Best of Show” at the Watercolor Society of Indiana Juried Exhibition at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Her paintings and commissioned works are found in many private collections around the world. She paints in three mediums, finding watercolor to be her first and lifelong love. Painting “en Plein air” and capturing the moment is her favorite challenge. Anna teaches watercolor and acrylic in US and Germany, sharing her passion for art and spontaneity of water medium. “Art is my way of life and source of income. The whole experience of painting for me is extracting some meaning in the chaos that is the world around me, making it more beautiful ...maybe. My forte are city scenes and people, but I also love landscapes and other subjects. . Every painting is also a story, the story I create and the story of the moment it comes to life”

Statement

I paint to fulfill my passion for the world around me. My art is mostly representational, yet impressionistic and the abstract elements in the subjects are what inspire me to paint them. Colors of the sunset or of the blooming flower, the bounce of light on water, the magnificence of the city's skyline, the beauty of human faces and intricacies of its form: all are intriguing shapes, startling contrasts and beautiful lines that capture my heart and imagination. I paint how I feel it and hope to pass this feeling to the viewer.

Every painting is also a story: the story I create and the story of the moment the painting comes to life. It may be a fleeting moment on the city's street, a person I met during my many travels or something that simply caught my attention as an observer. There is no limit to inspiration!