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Artist Statement:
More than an artist I consider myself a medium or a tool to give existence to visions that want to be seen by us. They could be from my own or our common subconscious or even from another dimension. Therefore, Abstract Expression is a selfless and thoughtless process for me. My most successful works are the ones that I have created most spontaneously. Follow me on Twitter

10/10/2026

🎬 Six solos, one night at Hill Center
I was delighted to see two of my best friends, Vugar Guliyev and Sharon Robinson, having solo shows in the same exhibit — and to discover new works by other great local artists. Many thanks to Anne Barnes for curating and participating in this exhibit.
Six solos filled the galleries and this is a quick snapshot of five of them — I highly recommend visiting in person. Inside: Sharon’s SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION, Vugar’s THE FRAGILITY OF MEMORY, Anne’s COLOR WAYS, Kevin Mitchell’s FLOOD LAND, and Roderick Turner’s LIFE IN DC.
Guliyev Vugar Anne Barnes Kevin Mitchell

My teacher and friend Sharon Robinson — SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION. Layered collages and assemblages woven from cultural textiles and symbols, all about what connects us as humans.

My friend Vugar Guliyev — THE FRAGILITY OF MEMORY. Vivid color and dreamlike figures circling memory itself — how it reshapes who we are over time. Guliyev Vugar

Anne Barnes — COLOR WAYS. She curated these shows and hung her own high-keyed abstractions among them — layered color, gesture, vivid mark-making. Anne Barnes

Kevin Mitchell — FLOOD LAND. Quiet, tonal paintings of salvaged objects and watermark lines — traces of rising water and what it leaves behind. Kevin Mitchell

Roderick Turner — LIFE IN DC (THE EVER CHANGING CITY). Open-air cityscapes painted from life — cranes, rowhouses, the waterfront — the city’s past and present in one frame.

10/08/2026

🌅 Awakening
The newest piece in my Spirits series, where I fuse figure and landscape through a musical approach — dense filament-like threads as melody, parallel striations as harmony.
In Awakening, the veiled figure appears from behind the horizon, solidifying into a veil that rises ground-up in the foreground — an awakening of our physical presence. It may be a reincarnation, or a transition from another realm into this one; the red planet may or may not be the Earth.
I leave the full narrative to the viewer — I’m not a narrative artist. I always invite you to finish the story by delving into the ambiguity.

10/05/2026

🖼️ Elsewhere Within
I often visit Rosemary Feit Covey’s studio, a floor above mine, to discover her always-surprising new works and enjoy her company. But it was an amazing experience to see her floor and wall installations in a larger space. The emotions her art gives me are indescribable — the guilt of walking over human suffering, flying towards freedom, the entanglement of nature and manmade...

This time last year, Roya Chadab curated my solo show at Pars Place — I had no idea she was also an established artist, with so much in common with me in combining geometrical and organic forms to express color. What a pleasant surprise! I felt even more connected to her last night.

Displacement and assimilation — two sides of what it means to leave one world behind and find it still living within you. The opening panel brought both artists together with CGTN’s Asieh Namdar moderating and curator Mary Welch-Higgins. Saadi’s 13th-century verse greets you at the entrance: “Human beings are members of a whole.”
On view at the A***n Gallery at Pars Place through November 29.

Rosemary Feit Covey Roya (Khosrowshahi) Chadab Mary Welch Higgins Pars Place | Iranian-American Community Center

With Rosemary in front of Saadi’s 13th-century verse at the entrance to Pars Place: “Human beings are members of a whole.”

Rosemary Feit Covey — Harbingers, 2026. Wood engraving, painting, and printmaking on canvas, 56 × 56 in.

Harbingers Close up

Harbingers Close up

Harbingers Close up

Rosemary Feit Covey — Birds, 2026. Wood engraving and cutting on canvas, 36 × 36 in. Flying towards freedom.

Rosemary Feit Covey — Thanatopsis: Roots, 2024. Hand-milled acrylic, wood engraving, thread, and found objects on excavated canvas, 36 × 48 in. The entanglement of nature and manmade.

Rosemary Feit Covey — Thanatopsis: Roots II, 2024. Hand-milled acrylic, wood engraving, thread, and found objects on excavated canvas, 36 × 48 in. The entanglement of nature and manmade.

Rosemary Feit Covey — Figures I, 2026. Drawing, printmaking, and mixed media on canvas, 20 × 30 in.

Rosemary Feit Covey — Figures II, 2026. Drawing, printmaking, and mixed media on canvas, 30 × 20 in.

With R

10/02/2026

🌅 Coastal Skyline Collection👉SLIDE
It all started with Skyland — my large colorfield diptych, a dream about true harmony between manmade and nature, selected for The Art League’s July 2022 Open Exhibit. These pieces are where that dream went next.
While the large diptych was an analog mixed media including spray paint, acrylic, collaged stained tissue paper on canvas, the other pieces it initiated are hybrid media with layered watercolor, pastel and acrylic over pigment print mounted on wood. Last slide is the reverse-stamp process from the Skyland days.
Put in comments which slide is your favorite 👇
On view now in my studio — Studio 5, Torpedo Factory Art Center. Come see them in person.

09/29/2026

Mission accomplished! 🎯
It was an honor to be part of IA&A at Hillyer’s Auction on the Alley, the annual fundraiser for International Arts & Artists — the nonprofit behind Hillyer, bringing cross-cultural understanding through exhibitions, programs, and art.
My connection with Hillyer started last year, when I applied for a solo show here for the first time. I was selected from hundreds of proposals, and my Hybrid Baroque solo exhibition opened this past March.
When Hillyer invited me to take part in this year’s fundraiser, I accepted with pleasure — and they selected three of my small works for the auction, two of which found new homes — Crimson Pass and Dusk both sold. Thank you to everyone who bid, and to Tim Brown and the whole IA&A team for many beautiful nights.
Silent Domain is still looking for its wall — it’s back at my studio (Studio 5, Torpedo Factory); come see it Thu–Sun.

09/28/2026

Saturday night I went to Pancakes & Booze at Penn Social with one mission: buy the blue painting I’d been staring at online for a week. This is Greg Dunn (Gregory Logan Dunn) — and Entropic Veil came home with me. 150+ artists, pancakes on the griddle, and I found my wall’s new centerpiece in the first ten minutes.

The second thing I bought Saturday night: this wood-burned faun by Wilfredo Santiago (Freddy Santiago — Freddy to everyone who knows him). Pyrography, every line burned by hand. Wait for the end of the clip — against my partner Dicxon’s painting Maxima (Dicxon Vergaray), it just clicks. They’re hanging together.

Alex Poduval (Alex Poduval) paints arches the way other people breathe — I couldn’t leave with just one, so two came home with me, plus his Chunder Compilation coloring booklet. Watch till the end for the flip-through.

Stopped cold at Victoria Mitchell’s booth — this is Second Bloom, and someone was sketching right in front of it while I filmed. That pink-to-blue face held the whole wall.

Ember Flare (Ember Flare) paints icons with real heat — this Dolly stopped me mid-aisle. A new friend from Saturday night.

Pleasant surprise of the night: Abe (). He’d visited my studio before with his girlfriend — I recognized her from his sketches right here on his booth wall. We love each other’s work, and a collaboration is in the works. More on that later…

The linework at J•essica Lo•gan’s booth — precise, confident, the kind of drawing that makes you lean in closer.

torare2find — found, and glad I did. Bold shapes, zero hesitation.

Niahmu (), ‘The Raw Talent’ — custom paint on sneakers, jackets, skateboards, everything. A whole wearable gallery on one table.

Had to stop at Kirk Knoll’s wall (Outlive Studios by Kirk Knoll) — “We got to live together” in yellow you could spot from across the room. Punk rock with love, from $3 stickers to this canvas.

And that’s Pancakes & Booze — 150+ artists, one very crowded room at Penn Social, pancakes and actual booze. Already looking forward to the next one. 🥞

09/27/2026

Last day — Sunday, noon to 6.
Defenders of Democracy at DC Arts Center: nearly 50 portraits by Minnesota photographer John Kaul of Americans who risked careers, reputations, and safety to defend democratic institutions. Each portrait carries a personal story — the whole project is becoming a book.
As an artist, I walked in with one question: how do you fit a whole life story into a single frame? Standing in front of those walls, I got my answer. John didn’t photograph famous faces — he captured personalities.
I met John tonight. He rented this gallery himself to make the show happen. Go see it tomorrow before it closes. See The DC Arts Center for details and registration.
The DC Arts Center

09/25/2026

Delivered! Three of my paintings are now at Hickok Cole for Art Night 🎨 Art Night is October 15, 6–9 PM, and the online auction runs October 15–22. RSVP by October 1 — details at the link in bio.

Inner Garden, 36×24 — mixed media on wood, from my Perspective series

Lily Den, 24×20 — mixed media on wood, Perspective series

Uplift II, 24×20 — mixed media on wood, Architectural series

The getaway car, fully loaded

Every painting travels in style. (Yes, I label my bubble wrap.)

Handed over and in good hands.

And yes, that’s my license plate. 😄

09/23/2026

Last night at the MLK Library in DC: The Living Archive.

Eritrean and Ethiopian diaspora artists and storytellers talked about art, memory, and identity — and about building a creative life in Washington, DC. They spoke honestly about both sides of it: the opportunities this city gave their communities, and the injustices that are still here — the segregation and racism that never fully went away.

Thank you to my friend Red (red won) for inviting us. Her voice runs through this reel — “everything happened in DC” — over the library’s own exhibits on DC culture. It ends with her photograph “Astronaut,” now in the library’s collection through the DC Art Bank.

Moderated by Semhar, with Tsedaye • ፀደይ • Studio and Bsrat Mezghebe.

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