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About Artist:
Freydoon Rassouli is a mystic artist who has come to the attention of the international art world in recent years. What makes his art so unique is the way he translates spiritual experience from his subconscious onto canvas through meditation.With vibrant hues, Rassouli produces joyful color blends and circular brushwork that create a timeless perspective. These unique features that distinguish Rassouli's painting technique, which he defines as Fusionart is a style created and registered by him. Fusionart's main theme is cosmic unity. The painting style is derived from mysticism, near-eastern spirituality, and a foundation in European painting technology. Rassouli represents this concept through illumination of the Divine Creative Light coupled with its manifestation reflected on his canvas in the form of Feminine Beauty. Isfahan - born Rassouli's worldwide exhibits include numerous solo and collective shows as well as international art expositions. Selective paintings appear in prestigious books such as: Jung, journey of transformation and language of souls , and on many magazine and book covers. Mural of Angel of Unity, a painting that spans 55 feet tall by 1100 feet wide, is one of Rassouli's latest creations. The angel watches passersby at the corner of Washington Blvd. and the pacific coast in the city of Venice, and has become a Southern California landmark viewed daily by thousands of residents and visitors. The concept of the Creative Light coupled with the Divine Beauty has evolved in Rassouli since early childhood, and is present in his paintings, relieves and sculptures, book illuminations and murals. He was raised in a historical home decorated with murals and intricate floral designs. Inspired and encouraged by his mystic uncle, Rassouli developed an early appreciation for painting and mystical poetry, and spent endless hours taking lessons from classical and impressionist artists, and studying mysticism. Soon he discovered new ways to transform his subconscious images into forms that he could share with others. Recognized as the Best Student Artist in Iran at 15, Rassouli was awarded a government grant to study painting in Europe. He migrated to the United States in 1963, where he studied painting and architecture at the University of New Mexico, and was honored with the Leadership Award from the Institute of International Education. Although he began his professional career as an architect, creating three-dimensional structures to satisfy his artistic drive, Rassouli's passion for painting persevered. Through time, he has created hundreds of art works that have received global recognition for his unique Fusionart style. == ABOUT THE ARTIST: Freydoon Rassouli is an artist who has received global recognition for his unique style of Fusionart... an integration of east/west, spirituality/technology. The fluid nature of his style conveys the essence of life; encouraging and elevating our creative process. Fusionart takes objective reality as a theme to create a higher reality transfused by the Artist's personality. In his work, Rassouli portrays multidimensional planes that continually weave through interrelated forms to connect all elements. The light source guides vibrant hues to produce joyful colors, spiraling into unknown reality, and the circular brushwork evokes a timeless perspective. Through these elements, Rassouli's unique vision is presented as the Divine Creative Light and its manifestation in the form of Feminine Beauty. He was born in Isfahan and raised in a historical home, now a museum, which inspired him with its wondrous murals and intricate arabesque designs. His uncle, a mystic Sufi, encouraged young Rassouli in developing an early appreciation for art and poetry. At 15, he was recognized as " the best student. artist" and received a government grant to study and paint in Europe. He later continued his education in fine arts and architecture at the University of New Mexico, where he received the ~eadership Award from the Institute of International Education. Rassouli moved to Los Angeles for his postgraduate studies in Environmental Psychology at the University of Southern California and later began his profession as an architect. He enjoyed the three-dimensional quality of the design process, but soon surrendered to his consummate passion for painting, which had persevered through time. In the timeless traditions of the masters, he has emerged as a prolific 21 st century multimedia artist. Today, Rassouli's originals and limited editions are found in many corporate and private collections world-wide and his paintings appear as artwork and covers on numerous books, publications and CD's. Most recently, he has created two major murals in Los Angeles; further expanding his reach in communicating unity across varied cultural identities and landscapes.
Statement:
STATEMENTS BY RASSOULI Creation is the product of synchronizing our energy with the universe. Once we experience the whole and recognize it, we become aware that we are nothing but the Divine Creative Force. I do not start a painting with sketches, I do not paint on location and I do not work from photos. Instead, many mornings, before the dawn, I climb a mountain to its peak. There , sitting in solitude, I observe rising of the sun. I watch plants open their leaves, buds tear up their dresses and the birds sing to the arrival of their creator. There is an interconnected serenity that allows all creatures to experience the divine unity. Having felt that creative energy, I rush to my studio, dip my brush into paint, and let it move freely on canvas. My paintings are inspirational for they allow the observer to experience infinite viewpoints and perceptions. They are not abstract for they represent what is actually more real than what our eyes are able to see. They allow the viewers to be inspired by taking their own perception beyond their senses and their surroundings. "Relationship" is the most important aspect of my work. I believe that dream and reality coexist in this world. Light and shadow, nature and concepts, technology and feeling, the actual and the imaginary exist together. My art expands on the metaphysical and expressive ideas that I have drawn from Near Eastern mysticism: investigation of the nexus of internal and external universes. All things are connected in a cosmic web. To me, the interrelations and interactions between the parts of the whole are more important than the parts themselves. That is why I like to paint motion with no objects to move, action without players, and dance without dancers. I work intuitively. When I paint, I am mindless, yet I am conscious. I feel that my timeless inner presence is a medium that carries that which I am not aware. I like to share my feeling of joy and exuberance with others. I like to show devotion and love and all other pleasures of the world in their most sensual grace and timelessness. == "Art is a vehicle to transcend the soul on the path to the ultimate union. An Artist's mission is to awaken the sense of unity In peoples' hearts... to make the journey more enjoyable." Freydoon Rassouli
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