My dream has been to paint my imaginations. Art lets me express pain without words and turn thoughts/feelings into something meaningful.
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I love exploring different mediums and styles, with oil paint and realism being my favorites. One of my favorite form of art to create is painting birds on a leaf. Although the process is tedious due to the leaf being so fragile and the texture making it impossible to do an initial sketch. It’s one of my favorite subjects to create compared to traditional canvas. To bring the colors out, I use oil paint since it is richer in pigment, while using acrylic as the main medium as it dries faster.
Where do you find inspiration?My source of inspiration differs from time to time. Sometimes I’m inspired by a song I listen to during those quiet late nights & the idea begins to form, that’s where the painting starts to take shape in my mind while I tweak it up in my head then bringing it on canvas. Other times inspiration sparks from spikes of emotion or turn of events, like watching a thunderstorm & imagining a strike of thunder lighting up the dark sky on a stormy beach even though I’m witnessing the storm from my window
What would you do with $25,000?I’m saving for my architecture studies, so I’d place half toward that. I’d dedicate the other half to help individuals from my home, Iran, who urgently need money for basic needs, I’ve already given a small amount, but I want to continue help any way I can. I also like to help local fellow artists, it’s hard specially these days to start out on your own as an artist & many talented individuals often go unnoticed, I would like to help them get their work out there without the crazy gallery prices
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