A Quiet Moment

Haleh Mashian

Acrylic on wood panel
60 x 60 in

“A Quiet Moment” by Haleh Mashian captures the beauty of stillness, offering a glimpse into a dancer’s private world. Seated with her back to the viewer, the ballerina is lost in thought, her posture both graceful and unguarded. This piece isn’t about performance—it’s about the quiet in-between moments, where movement pauses and reflection takes over.

The soft, muted background in shades of beige, cream, and gold gives the painting a dreamlike quality, wrapping the figure in warmth and serenity. Her dark hair falls loosely over her shoulders, contrasting with the soft pinks and purples of her back, adding to the intimacy of the scene. But the most captivating detail is her tutu—while the upper half of her body is delicately rendered, the skirt dissolves into expressive, gestural strokes, hinting at the energy that still lingers beneath the surface.

By showing the dancer from behind, Mashian invites the viewer to step into the moment, to feel the weight of contemplation without a direct gaze to guide interpretation. It’s a painting that speaks to the beauty of pause, of catching one’s breath before the next movement. “A Quiet Moment” is perfect for those who appreciate art that blends elegance with emotion, capturing the delicate balance between motion and stillness.

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About the Artist

As a painter and creative expressionist, Mashian’s abstract works reveal her appreciation of color theory, compositional form, and studying positive and negative space. Working in mixed media and using various techniques from collage to impasto, a repeated layering and application of paint, Mashian’s dynamic pieces range from smaller artworks that can be arranged together to large-scale paintings. Her large-paneled paintings have been exhibited nationally in Los Angeles, Miami, and are included in private collections in the United States and abroad.