tezh Modarressi

ARtist Statement

“There is no such interior in existence as the ones I paint. I want to create an imaginary room with a history, a feeling that people have lived there and that the light coming in has a mystery to it. My paintings are small because I want viewers to feel that they are looking through a tiny doorway into a room. What I would love most is for someone to forget he is looking at a painting and think that he is sitting in the room himself. I care about the realities of space and light- about creating a space the viewer can actually move through “