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Ava Serjoie was boring in 1975 in Tehran, Iran. She has her PhD in Art from the Pedagogy-Augsburg University-Germany and also a Masters of Arts in Fine Arts-Alzahra University in Tehran. This collection represents the different facets of time, such as spring, summer and fall. I find the colors very beautiful and wish her luck in her art.

Of her art, Ava Serjoie says, “During the past two decades, unfortunately because of the growing population, and financial benefits, it has become very common to bring down old houses and in their place build tall buildings which hold high number of flats. With the destruction of those old houses die traditions and a certain kind of life and nature that were linked with those houses. Each old house was situated in a garden. The gardens always held a pool in the middle with gold fishes, and around the pool stood the pots of flowers, that were carefully and with love nurtured in winter so they would be brought out again in spring to adorn the garden. The gardens were carefully planted and attentively taken care of; they were a rose garden, an orchard and a vineyard. My paintings are my memories of the gardens of the houses that don’t exist anymore, but I live with every second of the day.”