Check out Tara Mozafarian’s Artwork

We’d love to hear more about your art. What do you do you do and why and what do you hope others will take away from your work?
My art has constantly evolved, ranging from decorative art, to surrealism, to abstract expressionism, and now to mixed media, primarily with copper.

The influence of my background, descending from a rich Persian culture, in addition to a family of jewelers, revealed itself in my earliest series of work.  My paintings from this era often have a decorative quality and a sense of pattern.

The messages emerging in my next series of works, the Venus series, emanated from my inner voice, a voice which speaks in the form of ‘questions’ rather than ‘answers’, reflecting my journey to find the meaning of life.  I, often subconsciously, have left the center of my canvas empty, mirroring the unknown.  These paintings have an undertone of symbolism, with a suggestion of historical mystery, creating multi-leveled views of reality.  Works in this series blend traditional Eastern soul with the Western mystery of abstraction.

At the turn of the century, living through the sudden shock and tragic changes on the planet, my paintings shifted more towards the world outside of myself, revealing different issues of humanity such as pain, suffering, tragedy, and altogether reflecting the intense negativity around the earth.

A sudden shift in my perception was sparked by a spiritual friend when she opened my eyes to the truth that “we are emanating what we are experiencing” …that’s when I realized if I’m painting negative subjects, I am actually promoting negativity.  With this altered perception my next bodies of work began.  I came full circle, returning to my inner self, however, this time at peace with myself and the world around me, as if it did not matter what the ‘answer’ was.  My focus on this series has been on concepts such as movement, change, and expansion, and the experience of living life thoroughly.  With the acceptance of the mystery, I had come to see the further unfolding of my life journey.

Reflecting a positive energy, creating these series of work polished my soul.  While I was creating my copper wall pieces and installations, having a Zen-like approach to do the repetitive physical work of making multiple pieces of art, worked as a meditation process and took me to a more expanded level of consciousness.  And I felt more connected to all existence.

Along with the expansion of my consciousness, my fifties began with a series of life-threatening health challenges.  With every health challenge, starting with cancer, some miracles unfolded and protected me.  Every time that I went through a new hardship and another miracle saved my life, I got to a yet deeper level of awareness.  I became connected to a higher level of consciousness and reunited with my God.  As my path kept opening, an amazing spiritual teaching came along my way.  Through this teaching, I found the ‘answer’ to all my ‘questions’, the mysteries of the unknown were resolved and lit up my path.  During the last seven years, I’ve been collecting, translating, and organizing the material related to this teaching; simultaneously, I hold classes at my studio to share this amazing teaching with others.

Since my spiritual endeavor began, there has been an enchanting dance between my art and my spiritual journey…my art took me to a deeper level of awareness and my spiritual experiences took my art to a different depth…they have been feeding and evolving from one another.

I am presently working on two different series: the ‘Mixed Media’ and the ‘Alchemical’.  Although I use the common metal ‘copper’ in both of these series, each one is distinctively different and unique.

The Mixed Media series incorporates unconventional material to complement copper.  Copper is unpredictable and full of surprises.  When I work with copper, it feels as if it is alive and has its own intelligence, and I often allow the piece to guide me.  The influence of my background and the sense of pattern is revealing itself in this series again.

The Alchemical series, on the other hand, is comprised of copper with acrylic glass and paint.  Pieces in this series keep evolving over time, before they reach their final form. This process can take anywhere from a few weeks, up to a few years.  When I pay close attention, I realize that the process of maturing and evolving of these pieces happens in a certain direction.  The diptychs and triptychs within each piece seem to respond along with a composition that seems to come from outside of me.  In each triptych something happens to take all three pieces in a different direction, usually, the change comes with a new color.  In other words, it appears as if these pieces are being affected by consciousness…it feels like they continue to transform under the guidance of Divine Intelligence.

The techniques I implement are self-discovered through dedication to my art and the careful mastery of my process over many years.