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Palm of Granite: The Art of Raffi Semerdjian (Paint)

It can be easy to describe someone who does many things moderately well as multi-talented – but you risk diluting the meaning of talent. You wouldn’t be doing that when talking about Raffi Semerdjian. The painter, musician, poet, and songwriter is, dare we say, a multi-talented artist whose creative ability goes beyond any one medium of expression.

Semerdjian is probably best known for his inspired folk music performed under the banner of Palm of Granite (which has a really cool website) but one need only see his hauntingly beautiful paintings to grasp the depth of his gifts.

A longtime member of the Los Angeles Diaspora community, he recently moved to Armenia where he will continue producing music and, we hope, other art.

Below are 26 of Semerdjian’s paintings.

Listen to his music as you’re enjoying his art.

 

“Nose Candy”

Raffi Semerdjian - Mother at the Fence Raffi Semerdjian - Nose Candy

 

“Fertile Crescent”

Raffi Semerdjian - Fertile Crescent

 

“Jump Into the River”

Raffi Semerdjian - Jump Into The River

 

“The Fool”

Raffi Semerdjian - Խենթը

 

Untitled

Raffi Semerdjian - Untitled2

 

“Root Canal”

Raffi Semerdjian - Root Canal

 

“Tangled in Red”

Raffi Semerdjian - Tangled in Red

 

“Timagahantes”

Raffi Semerdjian - Timagahantes

 

“Tree”

Raffi Semerdjian - Tree 1

 

First piece

Raffi Semerdjian - First piece

 

Untitled

Raffi Semerdjian - Untitled

 

“Painted Birds”

Raffi Semerdjian - Painted Birds

 

“Underwater”

Raffi Semerdjian - Underwater

 

“Palm of Granite”

Raffi Semerdjian - PalmofGranite

 

“Sacred Digestion”

Raffi Semerdjian - Sacred Digestion

 

“B.B. King”

Raffi Semerdjian - BB King

 

“Made With Fire”

Raffi Semerdjian - Made With Fire

 

“Haroutioun”

Raffi Semerdjian - Haroutioun

 

“Tree” – 2

Raffi Semerdjian - Tree

 

“Trees”

Raffi Semerdjian - Trees

 

“The First Church in Space”

Raffi Semerdjian - The First Church in Space

 

“Self-portrait”

Raffi Semerdjian - Self-portrait

 

“Birds on Cable Wire”

Raffi Semerdjian - Birds on Cable Wires

 

“Antranig”

Raffi Semerdjian - Antranig

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