Everyone Wears One - Mask

Built on canvas with a base of foil and plaster, layered with ink, spray paint, acrylic, and Prisma colors, this work evokes the energy and mystery of a masquerade ball. In a contemporary abstract style, it explores identity as both performance and concealment, where masks shimmer, distort, and reveal simultaneously.

Artist: Margueritte Tonbazian
Title: Everyone Wears One - Mask (2025)
Genre: Abstract
Medium/Technique: Painting Other
Dimensions: 122.0 x 91.0 cm

Fear on Skybridge was inspired by travels to Pigeon Forge and the Gatlinburg SkyPark Bridge in Tennessee — a place where exhilaration meets unease. Although the figures are imagined, the emotion reflects the shared experience of visitors who sense the tension between beauty and fear when standing high above the ground — the fear of height, the uncertainty of weather, and the fragile trust in transparent ground. Through layered applications of oil, Rublev marble dust, and Gamblin cold wax, the painting explores the contrast between transparency and weight, fragility and strength. The work transforms collective fear into a moment of suspended reflection — a dialogue between vulnerability, awe, and the human instinct for balance amid uncertainty.

Artist: Margueritte Tonbazian
Title: Fear on Skybridge
Genre: Abstract
Medium/Technique: Painting Oil
Dimensions: 48.0 x 36.0 inches

Fear on Skybridge

"Observer Across Blue Lake"

Artist: Margueritte Tonbazian
Title: Observer Across Blue Lake
Genre: Abstract
Medium/Technique: Painting Oil
Dimensions: 48.0 x 36.0 inches

Inspired by a jog through Cliffcrest Park, this painting transforms a realistic memory into an impression of tranquility and reflection. Though based on a real place, the composition departs from photographic accuracy to evoke an emotional response — a distant village across a blue lake on a luminous afternoon.
A magnified abstract figure occupies the right corner, symbolizing the collective presence of community visitors who quietly observe and appreciate nature’s beauty. The work bridges abstract realism and impression, exploring the relationship between humanity and landscape.
Executed in oil and cold wax, the surface combines palette knife impasto with transparent oxides and iridescent pigments, integrating contemporary materials that reflect the evolving language of today’s fine art practice.

Artist: Margueritte Tonbazian
Title: Grounding (Balanced Life) - 2022
Genre: Abstract
Medium/Technique: Painting Acrylic
Dimensions: 40.0 x 30.0 inches

Grounding (Balanced Life)

Created using heavy-body acrylics and pouring mediums, with layered, dynamic motion, this work embodies the tension between the mind’s restless fears and the need for stability. Its textured surface and earthy tones serve as a visual reminder that life unfolds in cycles of highs and lows, and that grounding oneself — mentally, emotionally, and physically — is essential. The imagery reflects my personal practice: creating a space to pause, breathe, and reconnect amidst life’s challenges. It is both a meditation and a guide, inviting viewers to experience the flow of life while finding moments of inner balance.

Artistic Journey and forgotten Memories

• Trade Show in Beirut 1982

• Cyprus Studio - 1986

Creativity Board

Artistic expression and photography begin with nature. Ideas rise from what we see and feel—moments that stir emotion, awaken memory, and stay with us forever, just like the artworks themselves.