Watercolor Framed Bird Painting Original Artwork by K. A. Maroufi Signed 2000

This listing is for a beautiful painting of two birds by artist K. A. Maroufi. The grayish blue/gold birds are surrounded by dark pink flowers and arched greenery. The painting is signed and dated at the bottom. (2000) The wooden frame is painted a very dark green. Hanger wire on back. Size is 11" x 13". Smoke free home. Please see pics for details. About the Artist: It would be difficult to categorize the work of K.A. Maroufi according to a specific style, subject matter, or medium. Any chosen subject matter essentially demands its own form of expression. Her first focus is realistic painting, but as her work has become more socially and politically relevant, she has found that combining different art forms allows for the creation of a more complex visual language. K.A. Maroufi is an accomplished and recognized artist and designer. Her artistic oeuvre is very broad encompassing nearly all of studio art (artiste-peintre), specializing in: oil paintings; murals, marouflage, and frescoes (including restorative work); sculpture; textiles and tapestry; design of interior decoration, landscape, exterior architectural details and book alterations. Her studio work resides in private collections on four continents, and has been exhibited in both group and solo showings at many principal art festivals, exhibitions, and galleries. Two of her many awards include the First Grand Prize (Médaille d'Or de St Jean Cap Ferrat) at the 2ème Salon des Artistes Independents de la Cote d'Azur and the prestigious Daedalus Award for craftsmanship and technical excellence at the 1998 Icarus International Exhibit in Nags Head, North Carolina. K.A. has completed many large-scale public and private works in the South of France. Details in regard to these major commissions are given in her Bio. Since her US residency in the Washington DC area, she: was awarded an Artist Fellowship Grant from the Arts Council of Montgomery County; received several awards for works exhibited by the Montgomery County Art Association; joined the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) group in Washington and Strathmore Hall Arts Center as an artist member; completed some local commissions, including frescoes on all four walls of a physician's waiting room, a large outdoor mural for a daycare center and several portraits and paintings (that utilize tromp l'oeil effects) for private residences; have been exhibiting at several galleries and shops in the local area, as well as at her studio-gallery in the historic Kensington district (1997-2003 and 2006-present). While abroad from 2003 to 2005, K.A. Maroufi designed and executed the set décor for the Scott Joplin musical Tremonisha, which was performed at the Darius Milhaud Theatre in Paris and she was on the board of La Maison des Artistes,(French Artists Association in Paris). Since her return to the USA in 2005, she has opened the new K.A. Maroufi Gallery where she curates exhibits and presents regularly a broad range of personal creations. K.A. Maroufi is also an Art and Painting teacher at Montgomery College in Silver Spring, MD and gives lectures and conferences about American Artists and Painters in French to foreign audiences.