Anahid Arslanian, Iranian born to an Armenian family, has lived in San Francisco on and off since 1969. Shown and published on the West Coast, she embraces a style that can be called magical realism -- art that comes from the spirit, exploring the dream universe of the soul.
I see the painting as a living entity which paints itself. I try to relax and listen to the small voice within; thus the mysteries of nature and my own psyche are explored and revealed to me in this intuitive manner.