In 2008 when I was living in the nature of Hormoz Island, I used red soil to draw on bones and corals. My goal was ecological and natural behavior to create an artistic work without using natural materials.                           Views: 1

In December 2007 also used Hormuz red soil and made new painting on portraits, feet and hands.  The local red soil named “Gelak”. This red soil is used to prepare “Soragh” which is a traditional spices.  It consists of organic soil, fish and a kind of lemon or sour orange “Nareng”. Usually Soragh is served […]

The collection of paintings named “Wounded Mother Earth”, by Ahmad Nadalian, is an metaphor of virgin nature that is being destroyed. In all primitive cultures there is a relationship between mother and earth.  Wound of Earth is associated with female wound. These works routed in my carving and sculptures.  Living in Hormuz and being in […]

During my travels around the world I often use red Soil of Hormoz Island and I make my designs on the face of girls. One of the concepts of this collection is the eating of the forbidden fruit. Which fruit is forbidden? Why was it eaten? When artists from different culture visualize their myths and […]

In the early years of my stay I used colored soils and sands of Hormuz Island in my painting. Later due to the ecological impact of removing such material from the environment I avoid extracting rare colors and will instead locate colored earth from other parts of Iran or use colored powders. In the first […]

In my painting I use my personal design on a base similar to patchwork. In these paintings I use live colors and the elaborate patterns of traditional trousers. The art that I love is interactive. I love the influence and I am inspired by it. In this way my art and the community that I […]

Many of Ahmad Nadalian’s paintings are symbolic. Women are metaphorical elements of nature. Mother Earth, Mother Sea are among the items often seen in his paintings.       Views: 6