Eastern interior 1918

Martiros Sarian made this interior scene using oil paint, and looking at it I just want to know more about what was going through his head! It's all these repeated motifs, like stylized ocean waves, or maybe they are flames. I can imagine him almost building this space, the shapes interlocking, as the work unfolds, each element responding to the other, in conversation. He's got these repeating floral motifs and patterns everywhere, and the colors are so bold and slightly off, creating this feeling of a dream space, or a really tricked-out chill room. This tension makes me think he's not just showing what's there, but inventing a whole world, like Matisse. The painting becomes a record of that searching. It's this back and forth between the artist, the painting, and the world that keeps me coming back. It is like they’re all working together, inspiring each other.