With her hands in prayer, still life painter MARYAM AMIRYANI begins each day in her studio with the simple request:  The courage to start; the courage to persevere; the courage to finish.

From her childhood in Iran to Paris, Washington and New York, Maryam followed a professional career path in and around the arts, helping to show and sell other artists’ work before she finally settled into her own painting practice. Sharing her elegantly sparse, light-filled studio in Marfa, Texas with her husband and fellow painter Nick Terry, Maryam now creates small, intimate oil paintings often influenced by textures and colors of her early years in Iran. Maryam  balances the solitary nature of an artistic life with an abundance of community service projects that benefit a variety of communities.

Find Maryam:
Maryam's Work: Ulterior Gallery, NYC (visit) 

Mentioned:
Nick Terry, artist / Maryam’s husband (see work)
Ulterior Gallery, Takako Tanabe, gallerist (explore)
Venus of Willendorf, feminine goddess artifact (learn)
Marfa, Texas (visit)
Donald Judd, artist (learn)
The Chinati Foundation (explore)

Find Me, Kristy Darnell Battani:
Website:    https://www.kristybattani.com
Instagram:  kristybattaniart
Facebook:  kristybattaniart

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