Fine Art
Firas Albasry was born in Basra ( Iraq ). He received a Diploma of the Baghdad Institute of Fine Arts (Department of Sculpture) in 1977 and MFA in Sculpture and PhD from the Kiev State Art Institute, Ukraine in 1987. Albasry is a Member of Society of Fine Iraqi Art; a Member of the Teachers…
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Artist Statement ‘I See Mountains’ – in 2010 I found myself on a new journey, this time travelling through the land of giants, the Rocky Mountains of the Western Canadian landscape. I felt utterly alone in this hauntingly impressive landscape, as I watched the sunrise paint these snowy peaks. Casting shadows and vivid colours…
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Artist Statement “Man doesn’t create, man only discovers”. – Cicero The Motivation The driving force behind my paintings is curiosity. The more I discover through the process of painting, the more that remains to be discovered. Each layer of paint, each brush stroke, ignites my memory and sparks my imagination. The Fascination I concentrate my…
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