Sarkis Antikajian is an Armenian-American

Armenian-American

Armenian Americans are citizens of the United States whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in Armenia. During the United States 2000 Census, 385,488 respondents indicated either full or partial Armenian ancestry...

 artist who resides in Cheshire

Cheshire, Oregon

Cheshire is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located near the Long Tom River and is southwest of Junction City on Oregon Route 36.-History:...

, near Eugene, Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

Eugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S...

. He paints landscapes, seascapes, figures, still life

Still life

A still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural or man-made...

s, and abstracts

Abstract art

Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an...

, using oil

Oil painting

Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments that are bound with a medium of drying oil—especially in early modern Europe, linseed oil. Often an oil such as linseed was boiled with a resin such as pine resin or even frankincense; these were called 'varnishes' and were prized for their body...

, acrylic

Acrylic paint

Acrylic paint is fast drying paint containing pigment suspension in acrylic polymer emulsion. Acrylic paints can be diluted with water, but become water-resistant when dry...

, watercolor

Watercolor painting

Watercolor or watercolour , also aquarelle from French, is a painting method. A watercolor is the medium or the resulting artwork in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-soluble vehicle...

 and pastel

Pastel

Pastel is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all colored art media, including oil paints; the binder is of a neutral hue and low saturation....

. His drawings are created with ink, charcoal, graphite and watercolor.

Antikajian was born in 1933 to Armenian parents, and grew up in Amman

Amman

Amman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost...

 and Jerusalem. He received a degree in chemistry at the American University of Beirut

American University of Beirut

The American University of Beirut is a private, independent university in Beirut, Lebanon. It was founded as the Syrian Protestant College by American missionaries in 1866...

 before studying pharmacy at the University of New Mexico

University of New Mexico

The University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...

. After decades of professional practice as a pharmacist, Sarkis retired to his studio at his 6 acres (24,281.2 m²) farm in Cheshire to better indulge his love of creating fine art. He finds abundant subject matter for his craft in the area of Oregon where he lives, but he has also painted extensively on his travels. Antikajian was listed in Who's Who in America between 2001–2007 and Who's Who in the World between 2002-2007.

Book

Antikajian recently published a collection of 274 of his images in a coffee table book

Coffee table book

A coffee table book is a hardcover book that is intended to sit on a coffee table or similar surface in an area where guests sit and are entertained, thus inspiring conversation or alleviating boredom. They tend to be oversized and of heavy construction, since there is no pressing need for...

: Sarkis: Paintings, Drawings and Images in Words. 230 of the images are in full color, and the book also contains free verse poetry by the artist.

External links

• Sarkis Antikajian (official website)
• http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Cheshire+painter+publishes+book+of+his+art-a0162848869
• http://www.bkpix.com/writing/sarkis.php

Oregon Publice Bbroadcasting Art Beat Video of Sarkis Antikajian painting

Art for the Soul show at Maude Kearns Gallery Eugene Oregon