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We are proud to present after 11 years of curating some of the greatest living artists in the world
for The New York Optimist Online Lifestyle Magazine.
An opportunity to purchase and collect a selection of rare and unique art treasures with art by.
"Walter Paul Bebirian"
Please Inquire With Any Questions To
jsebastian@thenewyorkoptimist.com
Copyright: Walter Paul Bebirian Coca Cola 26
Years later after purchasing some of those Coca Cola shares (stocks) for myself I learned of this famous powerful investor named Warren Buffett who had a very profitable company named Berkshire Hathaway that owned various types of companies and a large chunk of shares of Coca Cola and this interested me even further -
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I remember meeting Walter many years ago,
It was a somewhat chilly winter day and I was on my way to meeting a friend after leaving work. I was wearing a business suit and overcoat my usual daily attire working for Fox 5 Television, I was in a fun kind of a mood which I usually was on a Friday after a long work week. 5th Avenue and 54th street in Manhattan was very busy at 5:30 PM as thousands of people were also finished with work and on their way to meet their friends and families. Approaching the corner of 53rd street and 5th Avenue an interesting gentleman appeared from the crowd and offered me his business card.
At first I was going to just walk right by him. but then I took a second look at him, he had long grey hair that was somewhat pulled back and tied in a pony tail on the back of his head he walked back ward as I continued on my path and in a gentle voice he told me his name was Walter Paul Bebirian and that he was a artist and photographer. The entire interaction seemed to take place in the blink of an eye. For some reason I did not take his card as there were many artists in the city and many of the working artists and galleries I already knew.
So as I passed him by and took a few steps turned around to look over my shoulder
to take one last glance at him, he seemed to have disappeared. I did not give another thought about it and as I made it to the corner of 6th Avenue and 53rd street I reached into my coat pocket for a cigarette and found his card instead. There he was a picture of himself on the card taking a picture of himself with a camera in his hand and a forest scene in the background.
The image was somewhat alarming but then I thought to myself how clever it is to present yourself with a intense photo of yourself. I did not throw the card away I put it back in my pocket and went on about my evening. Some weeks later I was going to do some writing on my computer in my home office and there he was again staring up at me from the card I left on my desk. I was writing a promotional piece for my art. I had just finished about ten paintings and I needed to have them photographed so I could start shopping around for a gallery.
I decided to call Walter and ask him to photograph my paintings, after all I was always under the impression that the arts were magic, and this enigmatic person had somehow placed his card in my pocket magically without me even being aware of it happening. So that made up my mind. The photographs Walter took of my paintings sparked a lifelong career filled with some of the most exciting and fulfilling experiences that I will cherish for the rest of my life. We have been friends ever since good friends' in fact I must say that Walter is one of the best friends I have in my life today.
He is a generous caring and loving person in a very understated and surprising manner
that make him somewhat mysterious and always interesting and surprising.
His extensive body of work which I believe now totals over 400,000 images not including his immersive collection
of photographs which range from portraits to landscapes of nature, city scenes, photos in the clouds
and every content source imaginable.
We are very proud and extremely happy to include
Walter Paul Bebirian to a growing list of artists we are presenting for private collections and collectors.
Please Enjoy His Coca Cola Series which is available for collection on his website
It was a somewhat chilly winter day and I was on my way to meeting a friend after leaving work. I was wearing a business suit and overcoat my usual daily attire working for Fox 5 Television, I was in a fun kind of a mood which I usually was on a Friday after a long work week. 5th Avenue and 54th street in Manhattan was very busy at 5:30 PM as thousands of people were also finished with work and on their way to meet their friends and families. Approaching the corner of 53rd street and 5th Avenue an interesting gentleman appeared from the crowd and offered me his business card.
At first I was going to just walk right by him. but then I took a second look at him, he had long grey hair that was somewhat pulled back and tied in a pony tail on the back of his head he walked back ward as I continued on my path and in a gentle voice he told me his name was Walter Paul Bebirian and that he was a artist and photographer. The entire interaction seemed to take place in the blink of an eye. For some reason I did not take his card as there were many artists in the city and many of the working artists and galleries I already knew.
So as I passed him by and took a few steps turned around to look over my shoulder
to take one last glance at him, he seemed to have disappeared. I did not give another thought about it and as I made it to the corner of 6th Avenue and 53rd street I reached into my coat pocket for a cigarette and found his card instead. There he was a picture of himself on the card taking a picture of himself with a camera in his hand and a forest scene in the background.
The image was somewhat alarming but then I thought to myself how clever it is to present yourself with a intense photo of yourself. I did not throw the card away I put it back in my pocket and went on about my evening. Some weeks later I was going to do some writing on my computer in my home office and there he was again staring up at me from the card I left on my desk. I was writing a promotional piece for my art. I had just finished about ten paintings and I needed to have them photographed so I could start shopping around for a gallery.
I decided to call Walter and ask him to photograph my paintings, after all I was always under the impression that the arts were magic, and this enigmatic person had somehow placed his card in my pocket magically without me even being aware of it happening. So that made up my mind. The photographs Walter took of my paintings sparked a lifelong career filled with some of the most exciting and fulfilling experiences that I will cherish for the rest of my life. We have been friends ever since good friends' in fact I must say that Walter is one of the best friends I have in my life today.
He is a generous caring and loving person in a very understated and surprising manner
that make him somewhat mysterious and always interesting and surprising.
His extensive body of work which I believe now totals over 400,000 images not including his immersive collection
of photographs which range from portraits to landscapes of nature, city scenes, photos in the clouds
and every content source imaginable.
We are very proud and extremely happy to include
Walter Paul Bebirian to a growing list of artists we are presenting for private collections and collectors.
Please Enjoy His Coca Cola Series which is available for collection on his website
