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Helen Zarin
Born in Shirae, Iran in 1970, Helen Zarin can remember beginning to paint at the early age
of five. Showing talent, her influential family encouraged her to invest in her artistic
endeavors.
As a high school student, she studied with the well known Persian artist and teacher,
Saber. Later she enrolled in the Art and Culture Society, a national organization for gifted
Persian artists. As a student of art and culture, she refined her skills in the various
mediums, especially pastels and oils. Helen was recognized by the Iranian Society and
earned many national awards for her works.
Conditions in her native country eventually compelled Helen to turn elsewhere for creative
nourishment. “Hard work and talent are not enough for an artist to progress and blossom;
creative freedom in the right atmosphere is essential”, she remarked. In the pursuit of
these artistic prerequisites, she journeyed first to Europe where she displayed her works
in Vienna before coming to the U.S. in 1993. She has continued her education first in New
York and currently in Baltimore, Maryland, where she resides.

Click on the images to the right to see the enlarged versions of Helen Zarin's art work.
Woman With Guitar
Figurative Canvas