Description
‘You Helped Me Name the Moon and Stars’ by Niky Motekallem
Artist: Niky Motekallem
Title: ‘You Helped Me Name the Moon and Stars’
Medium: Gouache and Pencil on Paper
Dimensions: 6″ x 6″
Framing: Framed in Antique Gesso Frame – Frame Size: 10.5″ x 10.5″ (Glass included, but removed to take photos without glare)
Year of Creation: 2020
Artwork Will Ship From: USA
About the Artwork:
“I have recently encountered the pain of a loved one being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. When I was a child, they would carry me in their arms and help me name the moon and stars. I remember fragments of those moments. The weight of being in someone’s arms only as a child can. Craning my neck and pointing at the night sky. Moths circling around lamps. This piece is for those moments.” – Niky Motekallem
About the Artist:
Niky Motekallem is an Iranian-American artist that resides in Minnesota. Her work depicts flora and fauna in the cycle of decay and rebirth using vibrant colors and detailed lines as influenced by Persian motifs. When she isn’t making gallery work or freelance illustrations, she is taking hikes to identify the flora, rummaging through antique shops for a new find, figure skating, or concocting new decadent tea drinks (at least, she would be doing most of these things, if there wasn’t a pandemic).