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MLYGallery is proud to announce an exhibition of paintings by Malibu resident artist & designer Seda Baghdasarian.

Painted from LIFE my ‘en plein aire’ paintings are now on display at MLY Art Gallery in the Malibu Lumber Yard, a compilation of a decade of my work living and working by the sea, and journeying up to the beautiful coast of Big Sur.

I have always loved the ocean! As a young child, we occasionally traveled outside the crowded city of Teheran, to vacation in the lush green Caspian coast- Sitting in the car & experiencing the metamorphosis of the land through the window: the sight, sound and even smell of the forest then the ocean, struck me, as the most beautiful experience in the world.

Whether visiting an island in Hawaii, or living on the coasts of England and France, as well as spending holidays, in exotic locations, like Fiji and the Galapagos, instilled in me, a great deal of concern, for preserving the beauty of the land.

Living on the shores in Malibu and observing the sea, as the waves rolled in gently and withdrew, I had a sense of touching eternity … ever changing, yet ever the same.

Seeing development engulf the beaches, in places, wherever I was exposed to them, brought the issues of preservation to my attention. Our ecosystems are all self-sustaining environments, forever evolving.The biosphere (air land and water where life exists), has three main ecosystems: freshwater, terrestrial and ocean. These ecosystems have been stable for long periods of time, defying our imagination, however, since the stone age, humans have shaped the world, on which we depend.   Since the development of the engine in the1700′s, we have learnt to harness fossil fuels, first coal, later oil and gas to multiply our will by thousands and millions of times.

No part of the world, from the remotest arctic tundra to the ocean floor, now escapes human impact. Thousands of chemicals that never existed in nature are ubiquitous. PCB’s can be found in bodies of polar bears, whales and dolphins at concentrations that endanger their future. Plastics are present in virtually every part of the environment from the soil to our seabeds.

Our beloved ancient California Condor, one of the world’s rarest bird species, is almost extinct, from the digestion of poisons.

This is a first of a series of exhibits for change – (Oceans, Forests and Rivers)

In this exhibit, “OCEANS, A Coastal Journey…”,  I would first and foremost like to first share the beauty & appreciation for the environment , and then with the support of the community living and visiting the beautiful coast of Malibu, I aim to bring awareness of our “Human Activity’” impact on the world’s web of life …

May you always walk in beauty…

OCEANS: Dedicated to the Seas…

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