Published in 1997 by Leslie Levy Fine Art.

Cyrus Afsary is known for works of art that not only capture moments in time, but create moods about people and places as well. Afsary’s love for art was evident when he was a child growing up in the Middle East. Although his father was concerned about his penchant for art, his mother encouraged his talent and he enrolled in art school at the age of fifteen. As a teenager, he was painting portraits on commission which served him well later in his career when he was invited to paint portraits of Sylvester Stallone and John Wayne’s horse, Aramis.

His search for artistic expression eventually led him to the United States and he became a citizen soon after his arrival. He earned two Bachelor of Arts degrees, one in Fine Arts and the other in Interior Design. He later visited in France and Italy where he was influenced by the great art work of the masters in European museums and galleries and by the artists Ilya Repin and Valentin Serov. This education and experience has led him, through the years, to paint a wide variety of subjects