“Maybe it is a lie, maybe Nairi does not exist at all… maybe it is only memory – a fiction, a myth. An eclipse of the brain, a disease of the heart.”
Taken from one of Armenia’s most outstanding national writers of the 20th century, Yeghishe Charents’s “Land of Nairi.”
Nairi was believed to be the land of Armenia, a Hurrian tribe regarded as the first Proto-Armenians.
My visions come from the ancient place of Nairi reflecting my cultural heritage into what is now present day Armenia.
![Anoush painting by Ani Jillian](https://anijillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/anoush-sz.jpg)
Anoush
48″ x 60″ 2023 oil on canvas
![For My Grandmother painting by Ani Jillian](https://anijillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-1.jpeg)
For My Grandmother
48″ x 58″ oil on canvas
![Harvest painting by Ani Jillian](https://anijillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/harvest.lg3_.jpg)
Harvest
47″ x 58″ oil on canvas
![Marig painting by Ani Jillian](https://anijillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/marig.sz-home-page-top.jpg)
Marig
60″ x 72″ oil on canvas
![Pomegranates painting by Ani Jillian](https://anijillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/6e-pomegranates.jpg)
Pomegranates
60″ x 72″ oil on canvas
![The Bride painting by Ani Jillian](https://anijillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/the.bridelg-486x1024.jpg)
The Bride
42″ x 76″ oil on canvas
![The Opera Singer painting by Ani Jillian](https://anijillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/8g-the-opera-singer.jpg)
The Opera Singer
52″ x 120″ 2023 oil on canvas
![The Queen Rising From The Sea painting by Ani Jillian](https://anijillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/thequeenrising.lg2_.jpg)
The Queen Rising From The Sea
52″ x 56″ oil on canvas
![Pomegranates-1 painting by Ani Jillian](https://anijillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/10-Pomegranates-1.jpg)
Pomegranates-1
48″ x 58″ oil on canvas