Acutely aware of the rigour of a disciplined process, Golnaz Fathi is distinguished in being one of only a handful of women trained to the highest levels within the traditional school of Persian calligraphy. However, Fathi made the conscious decision to pursue a different career as a contemporary artist instead. Fathi’s astonishing combination of a traditionally trained refinement and an instinctively bold abstraction is exemplified in such recent works as the searing No rain will put out this fire, which expresses on canvas emotions that reach far beyond the realm of simple words.