Haleh Mashian
Acrylic on canvas
42 x 72″ (106.7 x 182.9 cm)
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“Stuck Market” by Haleh Mashian is a raw, almost theatrical depiction of financial collapse, greed, and the human cost of high-stakes ambition. A swarm of distressed men fills the canvas, their faces twisted in panic, hands clutching their heads in despair. Their once-confident postures now slump under the weight of collective failure, transforming the cold, calculated world of finance into something deeply emotional—more opera than economics.
The color palette mirrors the instability of the market itself, with sickly greens, anxious reds, and muted blues swirling in chaotic disarray. The background, littered with fragmented stock tickers and towering NYSE signage, isn’t just a setting—it’s an oppressive force closing in on the figures, trapping them in a vortex of their own making. Mashian’s gestural brushstrokes enhance the frenzy, distorting faces and exaggerating expressions, making the men appear less like seasoned investors and more like gamblers caught at the wrong end of their final bet.
Dark humor underpins the chaos, as these once-powerful figures—who built their fortunes on risk—are now reduced to victims of their own greed. “Stuck Market” is a sharp critique of the illusions of prosperity and the cyclical nature of economic downfall. The men in the painting seem to ask themselves: Was it worth it? And Mashian, through her standout composition and expressive style, leaves that question hanging for the viewer to consider.
$6,800.00
As a painter and creative expressionist, Mashian’s abstract works reveal her appreciation of color theory, compositional form, and studying positive and negative space. Working in mixed media and using various techniques from collage to impasto, a repeated layering and application of paint, Mashian’s dynamic pieces range from smaller artworks that can be arranged together to large-scale paintings. Her large-paneled paintings have been exhibited nationally in Los Angeles, Miami, and are included in private collections in the United States and abroad.
| Dimensions | 72 × 42 in |
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| Color | Blue, Green, Purple, Yellow |
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