Ali Morshedlou

Artist Statement 

"I am fascinated by nature, and it has always inspired my artworks. Some of my lines, compositions, and even stories are derived from nature's curves, forms, and magnificent colors and combinations. 

The visible form of nature is not the only thing that inspires me. I am even more inspired and fascinated by the growth in nature and how the random elements start from the smallest particles and grow in billions of billions to shape a flawless composition as if every single particle knew from the beginning where it exactly belonged.

I find that intelligence to be exceedingly more creative than any given artist, and it pushed me to try to take advantage of its limitless power. 

Sometimes, I try to bypass the human intelligence factor by letting the mistakes and accidents take over my work. And other times, I try to take advantage of that power and let natural growth take over my artwork and amaze me. 

Artworks are a result of trusting physics and chemistry to take control over the colors and flows to create very complicated, dynamic, and almost lava-like forms that would be otherwise very difficult for a human to make (if not impossible) 

As a result, this experiment is surprising even to its creator as much as any viewer."

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Oil pastel, salt, sand, glue, PLA plastic 3D printed, and wax