Charles Garabedian is an American artist known for his imaginative paintings and drawings rich in references to Greek and Chinese symbolism. His detailed artwork reveals a deeply personal world that explores the relationship between painting and sculpture.

Garabedian was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1923. He moved to Los Angeles, California in 1933 where he began a long academic period. He studied at the University of California; Santa Barbara, from 1947 to 1948, then went on to the University of Southern California in Los Angeles for one year in 1949, where he received a Bachelors degree. He received his Masters degree in 1961 at the University of California Los Angeles. He did not, however, become an artist until late...