Artist Painted Woman Of His Dreams, Then Married An Exact Lookalike

An artist painted a portrait of his dream woman a year before he met his wife — who looks exactly like the woman in the painting. Ahad Saadi explained in an interview how he met the love of his life. His mother had been pressuring him to get married, so in 2008 he decided to paint his ideal woman. The successful artist created a branch of art known as ’Azarnegar,i’ which involves creating art by burning various fabrics with fire. He completed the portrait of his future wife and then displayed it at the Huner-Mukaddes Gallery, which means “holy art,” in Tabriz, Iran, at the end of 2009. During the exhibition, fellow artist Parisa Karamnezhad was shocked when she discovered the work. She felt as if she was looking in a mirror. Little did she know it had been painted by her future husband. Ahad said: “When I saw Parisa in my exhibition for the first time, both the excitement and the flutter of my heart gave me a feeling I had never experienced before. It was an indescribable feeling.“ Parisa said: “One ev