Pandemic calligraphy I, 2024
Pandemic calligraphy I, 2024

Calligraphy exercises during the Pandemic 2020-2022

Ink and thread on paper, 19 ¾” X 16 ¾” (frame size)

Pandemic calligraphy II, 2024
Pandemic calligraphy II, 2024

Calligraphy exercises during the Pandemic 2020-2022

Ink and thread on paper, 19 ¾” X 16 ¾” (frame size)

Pandemic calligraphy III, 2024
Pandemic calligraphy III, 2024

Ink and thread on paper, 19 ¾” X 16 ¾” (frame size)

Pandemic calligraphy III, 2024
Pandemic calligraphy III, 2024

Detail shot.

Not for sale or distribution VII, 2024
Not for sale or distribution VII, 2024

Collage and thread on paper, 25 3/4” X 19 1/2”

Not for sale or distribution VI, 2024
Not for sale or distribution VI, 2024

Collage and thread on paper, 25 3/4" X 19 1/2"

Not for sale or distribution VI, 2024
Not for sale or distribution VI, 2024

Detail shot.

Not for sale or distribution V, 2024
Not for sale or distribution V, 2024

Collage and thread on paper, 25 3/4" X 19 1/2"

Not for sale or distribution IV, 2024
Not for sale or distribution IV, 2024

Collage and thread on paper, 25 3/4" X 19 1/2"

Not for sale or distribution III, 2024
Not for sale or distribution III, 2024

Collage (fragments of map of Iran printed in 1942 for War and Navy Department Agencies only) and thread on paper, 25 3/4” X 19 1/2”

Not for sale or distribution III, 2024
Not for sale or distribution III, 2024

Detail shot.

There is much hope in hopelessness, 2024
There is much hope in hopelessness, 2024

Ink and pastel on Mulberry paper, 37” x 27”

Not for sale or distribution II, 2022
Not for sale or distribution II, 2022

Collage and thread on paper, 25 3/4” X 19 1/2”

Not for sale or distribution I, 2022
Not for sale or distribution I, 2022

Fragments of map of Iran printed in 1942 for War and Navy Department Agencies only. Collage and thread on paper, 25 3/4” X 19 1/2”

Love seemed easy at first but...(a tribute to Hafez)III, 2023
Love seemed easy at first but...(a tribute to Hafez)III, 2023

Ink, mulberry paper, thread, graphite on printmaking paper, 31” X 21 1/2”

Love seemed easy at first but...( a tribute to Hafez) II, 2023
Love seemed easy at first but...( a tribute to Hafez) II, 2023

Ink, mulberry paper, graphite, thread on printmaking paper, 31” X 21 1/2”

Love seemed easy at first but...( a tribute to Hafez), 2023
Love seemed easy at first but...( a tribute to Hafez), 2023

Ink on mulberry, graphite, thread on printmaking paper, 31” X 21 1/2”

Love seemed easy at first but..., 2023
Love seemed easy at first but..., 2023

Detail shot

Circle is the origin 10, 2023
Circle is the origin 10, 2023

Ink, pastel and thread on Mulberry paper, 37” X 27”

Where ever I am let me be the sky is mine, 2022
Where ever I am let me be the sky is mine, 2022

Acrylic ink, pastel and thread on paper, 31” X 21 1/2”

A tribute to Sohrab Sepehri

Circle is the origin 9, 2022
Circle is the origin 9, 2022

Ink and thread on Mulberry paper, 37” X 27”

Circle is the origin 8, 2022
Circle is the origin 8, 2022

Ink and thread on Mulberry paper, 27 1/2” X 27”

Circle is the origin 7, 2022
Circle is the origin 7, 2022

Ink, pastel, thread on paper, 31” X 21 1/2”

Circle is the origin 5, 2022
Circle is the origin 5, 2022

Ink and thread on paper, 29 3/4” X 19 1/2”

Circle is the origin 5, detail shot. 2022
Circle is the origin 5, detail shot. 2022
Circle is the origin 4, 2022
Circle is the origin 4, 2022

Ink and thread on Mulberry paper, 2022

37” X 27”

Circle is the origin 3, 2022
Circle is the origin 3, 2022

Ink and thread on Mulberry paper, 37” X 27”

Circle is the origin 2, 2022
Circle is the origin 2, 2022

Ink and thread on Mulberry paper, 33 1/2” X 27”

Circle is the origin 1,  2022
Circle is the origin 1, 2022

Ink and thread on Mulberry paper, 37” x 27”

This shall pass too II, 2022
This shall pass too II, 2022

Ink, charcoal, thread on Mulberry paper, 37” X 27”

This shall pass too, 2022
This shall pass too, 2022

Ink and pastel on Mulberry paper, 37” x 27”

These days are as dark as night IV, 2022
These days are as dark as night IV, 2022

Ink and pastel on Mulberry paper, 37” x 27”

These days are as dark as night, 2022
These days are as dark as night, 2022

Detail shot.

These days are as dark as night III, 2022
These days are as dark as night III, 2022

Ink and pastel on Mulberry paper, 39” x 25

These days are as dark as night II, 2022
These days are as dark as night II, 2022

Pen and ink on Mulberry paper, 39” X 25”

These days are as dark as night, 2022
These days are as dark as night, 2022

Pen and ink on Mulberry paper, 39” X 25”

These days are as dark as nigh, 2022
These days are as dark as nigh, 2022

Detail shot

Bones are used in Persian Khatam III, 2021
Bones are used in Persian Khatam III, 2021

Gouache, acrylic, pencil and archival pen on print making paper, 30” x 24 1/2”

Bones are used in Persian Khatam, 2021
Bones are used in Persian Khatam, 2021

Acrylic, gouache and pencil on paper, 22 ½”x 30”

Bones are used in Persian Khatam, 2020
Bones are used in Persian Khatam, 2020

Gouache, acrylic, pencil and archival pen on printmaking paper, 30” x 24 1/2”

This sentence is written in two languages, 2020
This sentence is written in two languages, 2020

Archival pen on paper, 29” X 42”

It is always darkest before the Dawn (Thomas Fuller 1650), 2019
It is always darkest before the Dawn (Thomas Fuller 1650), 2019

Archival pen on Stonehenge paper, 50” x 38”

It is always darkest before the Dawn (Thomas Fuller 1650), 2019
It is always darkest before the Dawn (Thomas Fuller 1650), 2019

Detail shot.

Black squares, 2018
Black squares, 2018

Archival pen on paper, 14” x 11” (8” x 6” actual work)

Blue clouds, 2018
Blue clouds, 2018

Archival pen on paper, 14” x 11” (8” x 6” actual work)

Blue squares, 2018
Blue squares, 2018

Archival pen on paper, 14” x 11” (8” x 6” actual work)

Broken glass, 2018
Broken glass, 2018

Archival pen on paper, 14” x 11” (8” x 6” actual work)

Blue circles, 2018
Blue circles, 2018

Archival pen on paper, 14” x 11” (8” x 6” actual work)

Red sparkles, 2018
Red sparkles, 2018

Archival pen on paper, 14” x 11” (8” x 6” actual work)

Red plastic ball, 2018
Red plastic ball, 2018

Archival pen on paper, 14” x 11” (8” x 6” actual work)

Grandfather's brown chair (Sandali Lahestani), 2018
Grandfather's brown chair (Sandali Lahestani), 2018

Archival pen and pencil on printmaking paper, 52” x 38”

Grandfather's brown chair, 2018
Grandfather's brown chair, 2018

Detail shot

This is written in Farsi, 2018
This is written in Farsi, 2018

Archival pen on paper, 42” x 42”

This is written in Farsi, 2018
This is written in Farsi, 2018

Detail shot

This is written from right to left, 2018
This is written from right to left, 2018

Archival pen on paper, 42” x 42”

My thoughts in brown, 2018
My thoughts in brown, 2018

Archival pen on Rives paper, 22 1/4” x 30”

My thoughts in black, 2018
My thoughts in black, 2018

Archival pen on Rives paper, 22 1/4” x 30”

My red thoughts, 2017
My red thoughts, 2017

Archival pen on American Rag paper, 22 1/4" X 30"

My red thoughts, 2017
My red thoughts, 2017

Detail shot

My blue thoughts, 2017
My blue thoughts, 2017

Archival pen on American Rag paper, 22 1/4" X 30"

My blue thoughts, 2017
My blue thoughts, 2017

Detail shot

Brown skein, 2017
Brown skein, 2017

Archival pen on Stonehenge paper, 50" x 50"

Brown skein, 2017
Brown skein, 2017

Detail shot

Tied up in knots trying to read this, 2016
Tied up in knots trying to read this, 2016

Archival pen on cotton rag, 30" X 22"

Tied up in knots trying to read this, 2016
Tied up in knots trying to read this, 2016

Detail shot

Tangled, 2016
Tangled, 2016

Archival pen on Stonehenge paper, 50” x 29”

There is a city beyond the seas, 2016
There is a city beyond the seas, 2016

Archival ink on Canson paper, 25 1/2” x 17 5/8”

  I am alive III, 2016   Pan pastel and pen on two layers of frosted Mylar, 24” x 17 1/2”

I am alive III, 2016

Pan pastel and pen on two layers of frosted Mylar, 24” x 17 1/2”

  Worthy of His love, 2015   Pen and gold leaf pen on frosted Mylar, 36" x 36"

Worthy of His love, 2015

Pen and gold leaf pen on frosted Mylar, 36" x 36"

  Worthy of His love, 2015   Detail shot

Worthy of His love, 2015

Detail shot

  The realm of love, 2015   Pen and gold leaf pen on frosted Mylar, 36"x36" A tribute to Rumi  

The realm of love, 2015

Pen and gold leaf pen on frosted Mylar, 36"x36"
A tribute to Rumi
 

  The realm of love, 2015   Detail shot

The realm of love, 2015

Detail shot

  Thirty two II, 2015   Pen on Canson paper, 25 1/2” X 19 1/2”

Thirty two II, 2015

Pen on Canson paper, 25 1/2” X 19 1/2”

  Thirty two II, 2015   Detail shot

Thirty two II, 2015

Detail shot

  Thirty two I, 2015   Pen on Bristol paper, 22" x 30"

Thirty two I, 2015

Pen on Bristol paper, 22" x 30"

One Was There and One Was Not There, 2015
One Was There and One Was Not There, 2015

Pen on paper, 25 5/8” X 19 3/4”

  Once there was once there wasn't, 2015   Detail shot

Once there was once there wasn't, 2015

Detail shot

  The sky is mine II, 2015   Pen on frosted Mylar, 36" x 24" A tribute to Sohrab Sepehri

The sky is mine II, 2015

Pen on frosted Mylar, 36" x 24"
A tribute to Sohrab Sepehri

  The red apple of the sun, 2015   Detail shot

The red apple of the sun, 2015

Detail shot

  The sky is mine II, 2015   Detail shot

The sky is mine II, 2015

Detail shot

The sky is mine I, 2015
The sky is mine I, 2015

Ball point pen on frosted Mylar, 36” x 24”

The red apple of the sun (tribute to Sohrab Sepehri), 2015
The red apple of the sun (tribute to Sohrab Sepehri), 2015

Ball point pen on frosted Mylar, 36” X 24”

The sky is mine I, 2015
The sky is mine I, 2015

Detail shot

  I am alive, 2015   Detail shot

I am alive, 2015

Detail shot

  I am alive, 2015   Pen on frosted Mylar, 36"x24" A tribute to Rumi  

I am alive, 2015

Pen on frosted Mylar, 36"x24"
A tribute to Rumi
 

A true human is my desire I, 2015
A true human is my desire I, 2015

Ball point pen and acrylic on Mulberry paper, 35 1/2” x 25 1/2”

A true human is my desire, 2015
A true human is my desire, 2015

Detail shot

Pandemic calligraphy I, 2024
Pandemic calligraphy II, 2024
Pandemic calligraphy III, 2024
Pandemic calligraphy III, 2024
Not for sale or distribution VII, 2024
Not for sale or distribution VI, 2024
Not for sale or distribution VI, 2024
Not for sale or distribution V, 2024
Not for sale or distribution IV, 2024
Not for sale or distribution III, 2024
Not for sale or distribution III, 2024
There is much hope in hopelessness, 2024
Not for sale or distribution II, 2022
Not for sale or distribution I, 2022
Love seemed easy at first but...(a tribute to Hafez)III, 2023
Love seemed easy at first but...( a tribute to Hafez) II, 2023
Love seemed easy at first but...( a tribute to Hafez), 2023
Love seemed easy at first but..., 2023
Circle is the origin 10, 2023
Where ever I am let me be the sky is mine, 2022
Circle is the origin 9, 2022
Circle is the origin 8, 2022
Circle is the origin 7, 2022
Circle is the origin 5, 2022
Circle is the origin 5, detail shot. 2022
Circle is the origin 4, 2022
Circle is the origin 3, 2022
Circle is the origin 2, 2022
Circle is the origin 1,  2022
This shall pass too II, 2022
This shall pass too, 2022
These days are as dark as night IV, 2022
These days are as dark as night, 2022
These days are as dark as night III, 2022
These days are as dark as night II, 2022
These days are as dark as night, 2022
These days are as dark as nigh, 2022
Bones are used in Persian Khatam III, 2021
Bones are used in Persian Khatam, 2021
Bones are used in Persian Khatam, 2020
This sentence is written in two languages, 2020
It is always darkest before the Dawn (Thomas Fuller 1650), 2019
It is always darkest before the Dawn (Thomas Fuller 1650), 2019
Black squares, 2018
Blue clouds, 2018
Blue squares, 2018
Broken glass, 2018
Blue circles, 2018
Red sparkles, 2018
Red plastic ball, 2018
Grandfather's brown chair (Sandali Lahestani), 2018
Grandfather's brown chair, 2018
This is written in Farsi, 2018
This is written in Farsi, 2018
This is written from right to left, 2018
My thoughts in brown, 2018
My thoughts in black, 2018
My red thoughts, 2017
My red thoughts, 2017
My blue thoughts, 2017
My blue thoughts, 2017
Brown skein, 2017
Brown skein, 2017
Tied up in knots trying to read this, 2016
Tied up in knots trying to read this, 2016
Tangled, 2016
There is a city beyond the seas, 2016
  I am alive III, 2016   Pan pastel and pen on two layers of frosted Mylar, 24” x 17 1/2”
  Worthy of His love, 2015   Pen and gold leaf pen on frosted Mylar, 36" x 36"
  Worthy of His love, 2015   Detail shot
  The realm of love, 2015   Pen and gold leaf pen on frosted Mylar, 36"x36" A tribute to Rumi  
  The realm of love, 2015   Detail shot
  Thirty two II, 2015   Pen on Canson paper, 25 1/2” X 19 1/2”
  Thirty two II, 2015   Detail shot
  Thirty two I, 2015   Pen on Bristol paper, 22" x 30"
One Was There and One Was Not There, 2015
  Once there was once there wasn't, 2015   Detail shot
  The sky is mine II, 2015   Pen on frosted Mylar, 36" x 24" A tribute to Sohrab Sepehri
  The red apple of the sun, 2015   Detail shot
  The sky is mine II, 2015   Detail shot
The sky is mine I, 2015
The red apple of the sun (tribute to Sohrab Sepehri), 2015
The sky is mine I, 2015
  I am alive, 2015   Detail shot
  I am alive, 2015   Pen on frosted Mylar, 36"x24" A tribute to Rumi  
A true human is my desire I, 2015
A true human is my desire, 2015
Pandemic calligraphy I, 2024

Calligraphy exercises during the Pandemic 2020-2022

Ink and thread on paper, 19 ¾” X 16 ¾” (frame size)

Pandemic calligraphy II, 2024

Calligraphy exercises during the Pandemic 2020-2022

Ink and thread on paper, 19 ¾” X 16 ¾” (frame size)

Pandemic calligraphy III, 2024

Ink and thread on paper, 19 ¾” X 16 ¾” (frame size)

Pandemic calligraphy III, 2024

Detail shot.

Not for sale or distribution VII, 2024

Collage and thread on paper, 25 3/4” X 19 1/2”

Not for sale or distribution VI, 2024

Collage and thread on paper, 25 3/4" X 19 1/2"

Not for sale or distribution VI, 2024

Detail shot.

Not for sale or distribution V, 2024

Collage and thread on paper, 25 3/4" X 19 1/2"

Not for sale or distribution IV, 2024

Collage and thread on paper, 25 3/4" X 19 1/2"

Not for sale or distribution III, 2024

Collage (fragments of map of Iran printed in 1942 for War and Navy Department Agencies only) and thread on paper, 25 3/4” X 19 1/2”

Not for sale or distribution III, 2024

Detail shot.

There is much hope in hopelessness, 2024

Ink and pastel on Mulberry paper, 37” x 27”

Not for sale or distribution II, 2022

Collage and thread on paper, 25 3/4” X 19 1/2”

Not for sale or distribution I, 2022

Fragments of map of Iran printed in 1942 for War and Navy Department Agencies only. Collage and thread on paper, 25 3/4” X 19 1/2”

Love seemed easy at first but...(a tribute to Hafez)III, 2023

Ink, mulberry paper, thread, graphite on printmaking paper, 31” X 21 1/2”

Love seemed easy at first but...( a tribute to Hafez) II, 2023

Ink, mulberry paper, graphite, thread on printmaking paper, 31” X 21 1/2”

Love seemed easy at first but...( a tribute to Hafez), 2023

Ink on mulberry, graphite, thread on printmaking paper, 31” X 21 1/2”

Love seemed easy at first but..., 2023

Detail shot

Circle is the origin 10, 2023

Ink, pastel and thread on Mulberry paper, 37” X 27”

Where ever I am let me be the sky is mine, 2022

Acrylic ink, pastel and thread on paper, 31” X 21 1/2”

A tribute to Sohrab Sepehri

Circle is the origin 9, 2022

Ink and thread on Mulberry paper, 37” X 27”

Circle is the origin 8, 2022

Ink and thread on Mulberry paper, 27 1/2” X 27”

Circle is the origin 7, 2022

Ink, pastel, thread on paper, 31” X 21 1/2”

Circle is the origin 5, 2022

Ink and thread on paper, 29 3/4” X 19 1/2”

Circle is the origin 5, detail shot. 2022
Circle is the origin 4, 2022

Ink and thread on Mulberry paper, 2022

37” X 27”

Circle is the origin 3, 2022

Ink and thread on Mulberry paper, 37” X 27”

Circle is the origin 2, 2022

Ink and thread on Mulberry paper, 33 1/2” X 27”

Circle is the origin 1, 2022

Ink and thread on Mulberry paper, 37” x 27”

This shall pass too II, 2022

Ink, charcoal, thread on Mulberry paper, 37” X 27”

This shall pass too, 2022

Ink and pastel on Mulberry paper, 37” x 27”

These days are as dark as night IV, 2022

Ink and pastel on Mulberry paper, 37” x 27”

These days are as dark as night, 2022

Detail shot.

These days are as dark as night III, 2022

Ink and pastel on Mulberry paper, 39” x 25

These days are as dark as night II, 2022

Pen and ink on Mulberry paper, 39” X 25”

These days are as dark as night, 2022

Pen and ink on Mulberry paper, 39” X 25”

These days are as dark as nigh, 2022

Detail shot

Bones are used in Persian Khatam III, 2021

Gouache, acrylic, pencil and archival pen on print making paper, 30” x 24 1/2”

Bones are used in Persian Khatam, 2021

Acrylic, gouache and pencil on paper, 22 ½”x 30”

Bones are used in Persian Khatam, 2020

Gouache, acrylic, pencil and archival pen on printmaking paper, 30” x 24 1/2”

This sentence is written in two languages, 2020

Archival pen on paper, 29” X 42”

It is always darkest before the Dawn (Thomas Fuller 1650), 2019

Archival pen on Stonehenge paper, 50” x 38”

It is always darkest before the Dawn (Thomas Fuller 1650), 2019

Detail shot.

Black squares, 2018

Archival pen on paper, 14” x 11” (8” x 6” actual work)

Blue clouds, 2018

Archival pen on paper, 14” x 11” (8” x 6” actual work)

Blue squares, 2018

Archival pen on paper, 14” x 11” (8” x 6” actual work)

Broken glass, 2018

Archival pen on paper, 14” x 11” (8” x 6” actual work)

Blue circles, 2018

Archival pen on paper, 14” x 11” (8” x 6” actual work)

Red sparkles, 2018

Archival pen on paper, 14” x 11” (8” x 6” actual work)

Red plastic ball, 2018

Archival pen on paper, 14” x 11” (8” x 6” actual work)

Grandfather's brown chair (Sandali Lahestani), 2018

Archival pen and pencil on printmaking paper, 52” x 38”

Grandfather's brown chair, 2018

Detail shot

This is written in Farsi, 2018

Archival pen on paper, 42” x 42”

This is written in Farsi, 2018

Detail shot

This is written from right to left, 2018

Archival pen on paper, 42” x 42”

My thoughts in brown, 2018

Archival pen on Rives paper, 22 1/4” x 30”

My thoughts in black, 2018

Archival pen on Rives paper, 22 1/4” x 30”

My red thoughts, 2017

Archival pen on American Rag paper, 22 1/4" X 30"

My red thoughts, 2017

Detail shot

My blue thoughts, 2017

Archival pen on American Rag paper, 22 1/4" X 30"

My blue thoughts, 2017

Detail shot

Brown skein, 2017

Archival pen on Stonehenge paper, 50" x 50"

Brown skein, 2017

Detail shot

Tied up in knots trying to read this, 2016

Archival pen on cotton rag, 30" X 22"

Tied up in knots trying to read this, 2016

Detail shot

Tangled, 2016

Archival pen on Stonehenge paper, 50” x 29”

There is a city beyond the seas, 2016

Archival ink on Canson paper, 25 1/2” x 17 5/8”

I am alive III, 2016

Pan pastel and pen on two layers of frosted Mylar, 24” x 17 1/2”

Worthy of His love, 2015

Pen and gold leaf pen on frosted Mylar, 36" x 36"

Worthy of His love, 2015

Detail shot

The realm of love, 2015

Pen and gold leaf pen on frosted Mylar, 36"x36"
A tribute to Rumi
 

The realm of love, 2015

Detail shot

Thirty two II, 2015

Pen on Canson paper, 25 1/2” X 19 1/2”

Thirty two II, 2015

Detail shot

Thirty two I, 2015

Pen on Bristol paper, 22" x 30"

One Was There and One Was Not There, 2015

Pen on paper, 25 5/8” X 19 3/4”

Once there was once there wasn't, 2015

Detail shot

The sky is mine II, 2015

Pen on frosted Mylar, 36" x 24"
A tribute to Sohrab Sepehri

The red apple of the sun, 2015

Detail shot

The sky is mine II, 2015

Detail shot

The sky is mine I, 2015

Ball point pen on frosted Mylar, 36” x 24”

The red apple of the sun (tribute to Sohrab Sepehri), 2015

Ball point pen on frosted Mylar, 36” X 24”

The sky is mine I, 2015

Detail shot

I am alive, 2015

Detail shot

I am alive, 2015

Pen on frosted Mylar, 36"x24"
A tribute to Rumi
 

A true human is my desire I, 2015

Ball point pen and acrylic on Mulberry paper, 35 1/2” x 25 1/2”

A true human is my desire, 2015

Detail shot

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