Mehdi Rooz
Digital mixed media by Mehdi Rooz showing a caged-headed mother beside a boy with three red balloons on cracked ground.
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2018 · Digital Mixed Media · Vertical

Red Inheritance

I built this piece around a painful crossing, a mother already turning away, a child still moving forward. The gray world holds grief and mental burden, while the red balloons keep a small but stubborn sign of life, memory, and the part of love that continues.

Story fragmentWhat do we pass on when love must survive loss?

Format

Paper atmosphereA framed fine-art surface with a brighter archival paper presence.

Size

Print size

9" × 12"

Framed size

12" × 15"

$118

Product details

Print size9" × 12"
Framed size12" × 15"
Free shippingIncluded
FramedYes
Ready to hangHanging hardware installed on the back
Weight230 gsm, 9.5 mil, 0.24 mm
TextureSmooth
Brightness/ColorBright white
FinishMatte
AcidityAcid-free
Free ShippingFramedReady to HangMuseum-Grade Quality

I imagined the woman and child walking away from each other, not from a loss of love, but because death has stepped in. The woman’s dark body is close, but her caged head shows a mind trapped by fear and unresolved trauma. Meanwhile, the child stands in the same cold field, moving forward with three red balloons—the only bright color here. To me, these balloons hold what grief cannot destroy: tenderness, memory, and the will to live. The cracked ground and heavy clouds make the world feel unsafe. Carl Jung believed that what we hide in the unconscious doesn't disappear; it still shapes our fate.

Premium archival smooth matte fine art paper with a bright white surface, crisp detail, and refined color reproduction. Each print is framed in matte black with white matting and acrylic glass for a clean gallery presentation.

Weight230 gsm, 9.5 mil, 0.24 mm
TextureSmooth
Brightness / ColorBright white
FinishMatte
AcidityAcid-free archival
Frame MaterialSolid wood, matte black
Frame Face Width1.625" (1.375" height)
Print MountingDry-mounted to foam core
GlazingAcrylic glass
Mat ColorWhite
Mat Size1.50" per side
Hanging HardwareSawtooth hanger installed on back, ready to hang

Each work begins as an original digital composition and is produced as a physical fine-art print using professional archival materials. This is not a hand-painted original; it is a gallery-quality printed edition created from the artist’s digital artwork.

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Red InheritanceFramed Fine Art Paper / 9x12
$118
Digital mixed media by Mehdi Rooz showing a caged-headed mother beside a boy with three red balloons on cracked ground.

About this work / story layer

What the Balloons Carry

I imagined the woman and child walking away from each other, not from a loss of love, but because death has stepped in. The woman’s dark body is close, but her caged head shows a mind trapped by fear and unresolved trauma. Meanwhile, the child stands in the same cold field, moving forward with three red balloons—the only bright color here. To me, these balloons hold what grief cannot destroy: tenderness, memory, and the will to live. The cracked ground and heavy clouds make the world feel unsafe. Carl Jung believed that what we hide in the unconscious doesn't disappear; it still shapes our fate.
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