Morteza Katouzian was born in 1943 into a middle-class Teheran family. With no formal training, special tools or encouragement outside of the constant support of his family, Katouzian passed his free time sketching and painting, slowly honing his talent in solitude. "When I took my paintings to school, the instructors would refuse to believe they were my original works," Katouzian joked recently. Discussing the role of the artist in the modern world, Katouzian remarks, "I could never stop painting; my heart is like a mirror, reflecting the reality of the surrounding world.”

The painter, Morteza Katouzian, says: "I am not interested to draw exceptional phenomena. Each single human being has a hidden infinite. I only try to draw the beauties of this single life; drawings of the simple moments that follow each other". Each detailed painting of daily life, natural scenes, or portraits are carefully created in pen and oil on canvas and paper. 

A 105 Year- old Farmer Form Qamsar Kashan (1993)

Needy Woman in Cold (2002)

Fruits of Labour (1993)

Old man by the Window (1984)

The Morning Freshness

The Sketch of The Young(1986)

Painters' Neighborhood (2002)

Reading Holy Book (2002)

The Guitar Player (2002)The Cottage (1986)

Searching for News (2001)

Quick Sketching The Dangerous Game

Sleeping Youngster (1995)

The Sleeping Child. An Afternoon in the Summer of '88

The sleeping girl (1988)

The Sleeping child

Untitled (2002)

Untitled (2001)

Reading.(2004)Untitled (2005)

The Boy & Electronic Calculator

The Hands of the Musician (1988)

Master Hossein Behzad (Miniaturist) 1991

Portrait (1997)

Untitled (2002)

An example of initial sketches for In Memory of Parvin Etesami.(1985)

In the Memory of Parvin Etesami (1985)

Untitled(2005)

Vulnerable.(1986)

The Pianist. (2007)

Sound: Farid Farjad - Goleh pamchal

Text and pictures: InternetArangement: Sanda Foişoreanuwww.slideshare.net/michaelasanda