It all started when…

The inspiration of my recent work captures the spirit and essence of my surroundings to create personal passages through my previous and current experiences. Throughout my childhood and adulthood, I was a frequent visitor to the Museum of Arts and Antiquities in The Middle East that has one of the world's best collections of artifacts of the ancient civilizations.

My visits to contemporary art galleries, helped me combine some of the cultural elements with the modern life that surrounded me and shaped my artistic vision.

I Want my Practice to Reflect My Relationship Between my Upbringing in Rich, Historic Part of the World.

And my Current Experience as an Arab American Artist, I like Mixing the Old with the New and Taking things in a Third Direction

The message of my art may be to communicate political, spiritual, or philosophical ideas, to create a sense of beauty to explore, sometimes for pleasure, or to generate strong emotions. All of these messages together make up the meaning of the artwork – the meaning of the art being the most important part of artistic creation and the ultimate purpose of creative work.

Rana Lotfi