A small boy of 7, with curly dark hair, bright brown eyes, and a serious expression, walks home from school, looking at shop windows, as he passes. A movement in one of those windows catches his eye, and he stops, when he sees an artist on the other side of it. The boy is mesmerized, as he watches the artist mix colors and move his paintbrush across the canvas. Slowly, a mountain appears. The wonder of seeing that painting evolve stays with the boy and creates in him a desire to create similar scenes—and evoke similar responses. That boy was Cyrus Afsary, who has since earned countless honors for his paintings.

Cyrus Afsary

Mission
Oil
12″x16″
“The mission, with the many arches and so many wonderful areas to explore, causes wonder and a sense of history, and a sad question comes to my mind: Why is the San Juan Capistrano Mission not well conserved for many future generations? It is slowly crumbling away.”