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Groundless Fear
Negar Pooya
IranGALLERYCONVERSATION
As a woman painter, I try to combine my personal experiences, dreams, sensuality and emotional reactions with...
I try to speak of our daily life and search for reasonable answers to so many of my longstanding questions. My paintings are an exploration of my vision of society, woman, people’s relations and concepts of faith, hope and love.
These images symbolize difficulties we have experienced, such as war, revolution and losing religion and family.

As a woman painter, I try to combine my personal experiences, dreams, sensuality and emotional reactions with my knowledge of art to create a communicating language. My works closely connected to my understanding of environment and experiencing life.

I try to speak of our daily life and search for reasonable answers to so many of my longstanding questions. My paintings are an exploration of my vision of society, woman, people’s relations and concepts of faith, hope and love.

People in my paintings are not realistic. I have tried to capture the spirit or sense of the subject while incorporating some elements from nature.
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