ARTOUR OSHAKANTSI
Studio Sienko Gallery
Interesting Armenian artist, admired by Prof Hovhanness Pilikian
Studio Sienko Gallery invites you to view an optimistic, colourful abstract painter, introduced to us by the late Prof
Hovhanness Pilikian 20 years ago. Hovhanness’s philosophical mind, experience with the Theatre and knowledge
and enthusiasm for the Arts will be greatly missed in our gallery, but lives on in Artour Sarkisjan, a fellow Armenian
soul. Expect the vibrant colours of large happy oil paintings, all ignited by Artour's life and the people and places he
loves and often visits.
Artour spends half the year in Yerevan in his massive studio, surrounded by private land, bought for revenues from
the show at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, in total peace and not far from Mount Ararat. It must charge his
batteries. He is a prolific painter, working in bursts of 30 paintings in 2 weeks, comparable to Picasso, employing
gesture and brush stroke to convey his emotions and want of freedom. His internal beauty and the strength of his
temperament is transparent and connected with the most sensitive harmony, even in contrasting colours, giving the
impression of tender and passionate love, be it for the lover, the friend, or the country. Artour loves life, loves people
and as a result his Art emanates the unbounded energy of creative genius. We welcome you to Studio Sienko to
bask in it and to take it home too.
Love, Olga Sienko-Tutton.
https://www.facebook.com/artour.oshakantsi
https://www.facebook.com/ArtourOshakantsiSarkissian/
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/11/waa.html
Artour’s Email: artoshakan@gmail.com
16th - 30th April 2019
10am-5pm Mon-Fri and by appointment
57A Lant Street, Borough, London, SE1 1QN
Tel: +44 207403 1353 E-mail: studiosienko@waterloowine.co.uk