"The Winding Road", original framed acrylic painting on paper 10" x 10" Born in 1948 in the historic city of Isfahan, Iran, Golkar brought with him a wealth of historical and mythological background when he settled in the United States. Steeped in the culture of Europe and the Orient, he began to explore the reaches of his consciousness and translate them into imagery. Golkar's unconscious aim, rather than to experiment with artistic vocabulary, is to transcend conceptual boundaries and to create a new synthesis, a new world of expression, where his thoughts become translated. His painting provides him with a model for ordering his dreams, desires, and visions: a way of putting them in visual terms that can be grasped by others.