I love to create art because I feel our role as artists is to bring the colour and creativity to the world, and I love contributing to that.
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My favourite art to create is realism because I feel accomplished when I can replicate a scene that I’ve seen in real life, which consists of mainly people and animals. I also like surrealism and incorporating strange themes in a realistic setting.
Where do you find inspiration?I find my inspiration from my everyday life. Whether I’m reminiscing on my childhood and idea of toys or old movies pops up, if I’m walking outside and I see beautiful flowers or if I take a jaw dropping picture of something.
What would you do with $25,000?I am 20 years old and I have an almost 2 year old son, $25k would be extremely beneficial towards our future. I am a student at OCAD university, the money we are working for could solely be used to pay off my education and $25k would be put towards mine and my partners housing funds to own a home so our son has a permanent place to call home.
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