9-11 is my largest and most important work. I Thought about painting 9-11, but never felt as strongly about it until visiting the memorial. I saw the remaining of the towers, the fire truck. I heard the audio of people who left messages to their loved ones for the last time… I knew I was ready to paint 9-11. I painted 2977 candles – 1 candle for each victim. There is the Fire truck which is in the museum. There is the famous wall street the day of the attack, and the ruins of the buildings. Firefighters helping each other, they are devastated but not broken, they raise the American Flag to show the world – you destroyed our towers but you can not destroy our soul. This painting is about the attack but also recovery, so we see airplanes crashed, then in the middle of the painting we see the aftermath, the devastation but also a hope for tomorrow… Left of the painting is the Memorial and the rebirth, remembrance and respect to the victims of 9-11 and the Great city of NY.
The Smoke Artist
Mher Khachatryan
"We Are Together"
48"x 60" Oil on canvas, Original work is available
There are 3 girls depicted in the work, African American, Caucasian and Asian, and not only all of them are connected, but also have the same beginning, the Source, God.
Who we are is not what we look like, in fact, it's definitely not what our appearance is, we are all pure spirits, part of God. I paint all like smoke, which is unique and no wisp of smoke ever repeats, like our lives. Like Dr. Wayne Dyer said, we all came here with a heroic mission, and it's up to us to follow that mission, to learn and to teach.