Please join us for the Outdoor Opening Reception held in front of MASH Gallery for an inspiring, thought-provoking, and safe exhibition, accompanied by live music.

Mashian is inspired by the female form, which is always distinct in her work— from abstract figures to more realistic renderings—the strength of Mashian’s “characters” shines through. Women are depicted as sexual, powerful, and exactly who they are—without having to capitulate to masculinity as a show of strength. These women are not hard-edged or defiant. They are facets of the internal woman—who embodies a fluid grace, an essential femininity, an inner fortitude. Mashian’s Fuchsia Series employs the immediacy of portraiture and the pop feel of the color fuchsia to celebrate the internal and external in her woman characters.

“To me, the joy of painting is to be in the moment. Creativity is the root of all. In order for it to come out, we need to connect to a place of silence and clarity. Let it come to you, and let go of any attachment to the outcome.” Mashian is speaking both as an artist and as an adventuress of the quotidian. “Let yourself loose. The moments those thoughts come in of perfection, it belongs to the ego—not your painting,” she imparts. “You have to work from the moment. That is real freedom.”

The women depicted in Figuratively Speaking incarnate an organic freedom that was always theirs to begin with. Mashian cultivates it to a full bloom on canvas.

Figuratively Speaking

Opening Outdoor Reception

October 24, 1 – 7pm

Face coverings required