Masoumeh Abirinia was born in Tehran, Iran in 1972. She has been painting for the last 7 years under the eye of the master painter Morteza Darehbaghi, her husband of 10 years. Most of her works are landscapes and floral as she has an unusual bond with nature.

“I see the natural world with my eyes and absorb the radian colors with my soul. I try to express the energy I get from it with my paintbrush. To convey a simple image that is soothing to the soul.”

Masoumeh and her husband moved to Northern Virginia in 2004, but visit their homeland once in a while.