Longing for home, exiled artist seeks refuge in art

Artist Komeil Zarin has been living in Malaysia for the last eight years but longs to return to his homeland.

His passion for art bloomed at a very young age, and is a gift he says he inherited from his father, who was also a painter. ‘Homeward’ is a painting by Komeil that conveys an offer of help and the artist’s deep longing for home. “I only paint the canvas. When I see it, it’s my own reflection of reality, it defines who I am, what I respond to. When other people see the canvas, it is their own reality.”

“We live in a time when our emotions sometimes feel like they are in exile. We don’t know what to relate to,” he explains, adding that it is up to the individual how he or she interprets a particular piece.

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