The Nairi Series

“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
Anoush 60" x 94" oil on canvas 2023
For My Grandmother 48" x 58" oil on canvas
Harvest 47" x 58" oil on canvas
Marig 60" x 72" oil on canvas
Pomegranates painting by Ani Jillian
Pomegranates 60" x 72" oil on canvas
The Bride painting by Ani Jillian
The Bride 42" x 76" oil on canvas
The Opera Singer painting by Ani Jillian
The Opera Singer 52" x 120" oil on canvas 2023
The Queen Rising From The Sea painting by Ani Jillian
The Queen Rising From The Sea 52" x 56" oil on canvas
Pomegranates-1 painting by Ani Jillian
Pomegranates-1 48" x 58" oil on canvas
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