At "rafikkeshishianart.com" we tried to introduce his artwork, his character, and his point of view's toward life and art to the public or his follower.
It's not accidental that he would love to live in ancient period, where art developed naturally, while now, "Life is full of artificial things, and one spends 80% of his life on eliminating them." Keshishian thinks that masterpieces in art are only born after spiritual vexations. A prerequisite for painting for keshishian is the presence of mysterious moments. He has always striven to be in emotional environment, to fetch mysterious moments and thus make his paintings mysterious too. At the same time Rafik really wants people to understand and share the ideas and emotions expressed in his works, for there to be an artist-admirer mutual connection, mutal understanding . while in reality not everyone is so gifted to be able to walk through those mysterious fogs, and even more, cannot see the tempting light far away...
With over 50 years of experience in the visual art, he mentions, "he loves the works of Kandinski and Rambrandt only because there are so many undiscovered gaps in their works."
He paints during all the hours of the day, but away from noise, and when he paints with his body and soul, he penetrates into that mysterious world, and comes back only after reaching the top of the mountain....
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