Femme 8

“Femme 8” by Haleh Mashian is a raw and expressive portrait that captures the tension between strength and fragmentation. Her form is built from overlapping textures, creating an interplay of solidity and dissolution that speaks to the complexities of identity and transformation.

Mashian’s use of mixed media adds depth and emotion, with embedded shards of material evoking the sensation of a self both breaking apart and reconstructing. The restrained color palette—cool grays, blacks, and whites—establishes an industrial, almost urban atmosphere, while streaks of pink and yellow introduce moments of warmth. The obscured face and chaotic background of intersecting lines reinforce the idea that identity is shaped both within and against external pressures. This contemporary work is an evocative reflection on one’s self image, making it a compelling choice for collectors drawn to thought-provoking, emotionally charged art.

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.