Living on the Edge 8 by Farahnaz Samari, abstract oil painting of Vancouver harbour with boats, reflections, and geometric waterfront forms.

Artwork Description

Living on the Edge 8 captures the dynamic atmosphere of Vancouver Harbour, where architecture, water, and light converge in constant motion. Suggestive of Coal Harbour and the surrounding waterfront, the scene unfolds through fractured reflections, vertical masts, and layered structural forms that rise and dissolve within luminous color.

Farahnaz Samari interprets the harbour not as a literal view, but as an energetic presence shaped by rhythm and transformation. Geometric planes and shifting light create the sensation of a city suspended between land and water, solidity and reflection. Boats, structures, and skyline fragments merge into a vibrant interplay of movement and stillness.

Rooted in the spirit of Vancouver’s coastal identity, the work expresses the vitality, fluidity, and contemporary pulse of life along the harbour’s edge.

Signature: Artist signed lower left
COA: Gallery Letter of Authenticity included

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Living On The Edge 8

Name: Vancouver Fine Art Gallery
Address: 2233 Granville St, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3G1, CA
Telephone: 778-737-9888

ByFarahnaz Samari

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Oil on Canvas, 2020

36 x 48 in | 92 x 122 cm

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Artist Biography

PERSIAN PASSION, PRIDE, AND PERSONAE-FARAHNAZ SAMARI Farahnaz Samari growing up in Iran, Farahnaz is constantly inspired by the vivid memories of her childhood - the smells, the sights, the sun-drenched landscapes. Farahnaz Samaristarted her painting journey in high school, and now it’s more than twenty-five years since she began to put paint to canvas professionally. Farah as her friends and numerous Vancouver artists like to call her, is an honours graduate in Fine Art & Interior Design at the prestigious University of Tehran.

PERSIAN PASSION, PRIDE, AND PERSONAE-FARAHNAZ SAMARI

Farahnaz Samari growing up in Iran, Farahnaz Samari is constantly inspired by the vivid memories of her childhood - the smells, the sights, the sun-drenched landscapes. Farahnaz Samari started her painting journey in high school, and now it’s more than twenty-five years since she began to put paint to canvas professionally. Farah as her friends and numerous Vancouver artists like to call her, is an honours graduate in Fine Art & Interior Design at the prestigious University of Tehran. The College of Fine Arts at this famed institution, is one of the oldest, largest & most prestigious schools of higher learner in all the Middle East. Admission to the university's renowned undergraduate and graduate programs is very competitive and is limited to the top one percent of Persian students in Canada, Farah further extended her art education as a graduate of Emily Carr University in Vancouver. Farah has showcased her art work in more than 200 solo and group exhibitions around the globe. She’s participated several times in art battles in Canada and she is twice a ‘Battle of the Brush’ Champion at art competitions in Vancouver, Canada. With a flair to the abstract, Farah's art work is highly contemporary and formative, and is increasingly being purchased by collectors, designers and galleries across North America, Asian and European Countries. Listening closely to her moods and muse, Farah's inspiration changes over time. From landscapes and urban colours, to interiors and smells, her time in Vancouver and BC’s west coast continues to inspire her with new ideas for her art.

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