For Mohamedi, truth is intuitive. Her work relies on tools and materials that she collected over the years: anything from tar found on the beaches of Santa Barbara to tubes of Middle Eastern paint imported from her mother country of Iran. “Up until now I’ve mainly used oil paint, but I’m starting to use more materials that are handy like pencils, crayons, and acrylic paint; anything that’s easy to apply and dries quickly,” she notes.

Based in Los Angeles, her art has made quite a splash both locally and internationally. A founding member of the Los Angeles art collective, The Binder of Women, Mohamedi’s pieces have been profiled in acclaimed publications such as the LA Times and Huffington Post.

“I’m sort of like a semipermeable membrane,” says Mohamedi. “I just look at what’s around me, watch the thoughts that I have, listen to my children, listen to the air. I’m this filter for whatever’s happening around me.” But at the end of the day, her work is open for interpretation—a dialogue that takes place between the painting and the viewer.

Take note.

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The California-based artist often starts with a sketch or a simple circle to build upon for the face. He then layers linear paint strokes and washes of color to form shapes you don’t normally see in traditional portraiture. The artist works on a space between the representational and expressive, being able to focus on emotion through abstraction, giving the viewers the opportunity to create their own narrative and makes each piece distinctively personal.

“None of the final aesthetic is planned,” Samuels-Davis told Colossal. “Each mark, brush stroke and color is a reaction to what came before it. When I’m working on a portrait the subject appears to morph between multiple individuals over the course of the painting, often times becoming slightly androgynous in the process. I tend to bounce around the surface a lot, pushing and pulling between background and subject, painting over parts, figuring out what each piece needs until there’s nothing I would change.”

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For Mohamedi, truth is intuitive. Her work relies on tools and materials that she collected over the years: anything from tar found on the beaches of Santa Barbara to tubes of Middle Eastern paint imported from her mother country of Iran. “Up until now I’ve mainly used oil paint, but I’m starting to use more materials that are handy like pencils, crayons, and acrylic paint; anything that’s easy to apply and dries quickly,” she notes.

Based in Los Angeles, her art has made quite a splash both locally and internationally. A founding member of the Los Angeles art collective, The Binder of Women, Mohamedi’s pieces have been profiled in acclaimed publications such as the LA Times and Huffington Post.

“I’m sort of like a semipermeable membrane,” says Mohamedi. “I just look at what’s around me, watch the thoughts that I have, listen to my children, listen to the air. I’m this filter for whatever’s happening around me.” But at the end of the day, her work is open for interpretation—a dialogue that takes place between the painting and the viewer.

Take note.

The post Maysha Mohamedi’s Abstract Art Feels Honest appeared first on MobiSpirit.

The California-based artist often starts with a sketch or a simple circle to build upon for the face. He then layers linear paint strokes and washes of color to form shapes you don’t normally see in traditional portraiture. The artist works on a space between the representational and expressive, being able to focus on emotion through abstraction, giving the viewers the opportunity to create their own narrative and makes each piece distinctively personal.

“None of the final aesthetic is planned,” Samuels-Davis told Colossal. “Each mark, brush stroke and color is a reaction to what came before it. When I’m working on a portrait the subject appears to morph between multiple individuals over the course of the painting, often times becoming slightly androgynous in the process. I tend to bounce around the surface a lot, pushing and pulling between background and subject, painting over parts, figuring out what each piece needs until there’s nothing I would change.”

The post Artist Paints Smudges And Smears To Create Incredible Abstract Portraits appeared first on MobiSpirit.