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Richard Ovian
Taking Flight
Acrylic
20″ x 20″
2023
Wildlife has been an inspiration for people since the first people started painting on cave walls.
Richard Ovian
Krikor’s House
oil
18″ x 24″
2021
In 2020,Armenians,fearing oppression, left the historic homeland for centuries. Rather than leave leave their homes ,they burned them or left with minimal possessions. Armenians view this as a continuous persecution from the Turkish government, the first modern genocide. The Turkish government has never recognized the genocide. In 1915 my Uncle Krikor escaped from being executed by Turkish soldiers to eventually begin a new life in Whitensville,MA. His name is written on the house in the painting to show homage to my ancestors. All were surviors of that genocide. “The past is never dead. It’s not even past” William Faulkner