Mehrdad is a hobbyist artist. When he was about 8 years old, his mother put her in a painting class which was run by Derkhshani brothers in a city in Iran called Semnan.
Those classes had a deep impact on his artistic mindset. However, they did not continue as the family moved from Semnan to Tehran.
Mehrdad once again was motivated by seeing a piece of watercolour painting by one of his then friends and now brother-in-law, Jalal. This was in about 1980-1981 in Cardif, Wales. At the time Mehrdad was pursuing his PhD at University of Manchester , UK. He started attending some extra mural classes at a college of adult education where he start painting in watercolour. 

He has continued ever since on an off.