| Could you describe a little more about when you were just starting to show an interest in art? |
| | I have been interested in art for as long as I can remember. I came from a large family, and although none of them are artists they all have artistic eyes. When I was about three or four years old my father would hold my hand and show me how to draw an outline of people and animals. It seems like a usual thing, but to me it was the seed and the starting point to develop a significant life-long interest in art. |
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| What inspires your artwork? |
| | Inspirations are all around us, I always have to be ready and prepare by recording the thought. Sometimes I wake up during the night and have to sketch an idea. |
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| Do you carefully plan your work or is it more of a free creative process? |
| | My work usually takes a long time to develop, after the inspiration process, and knowing what to create comes choosing the right material and sculpting and building the canvas to suit my idea. Finally there is the most difficult and most enjoyable element in the creation which is the coloring. In this part the color scheme will shift from the way I had planned. It may seem like a repetitive process, but it isn’t, because each experience is different, and comes with a new face and new creation. |
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| How do you feel your training in interior design helps you as an artist? |
| | I believe my training has shaped the way I use colors and the elements in the design. It has helped to strengthen my ability to combine the elements of colors and shapes in a room as well as on canvas to create harmony. |
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| Could you tell us a little more about your gallery? |
| | Operating the gallery was one of the best experiences that I’ve ever had because of the pleasure of talking to people about my artwork, the discussions we had about art and the feedback I got from my clients, all of it combined to give me the ultimate satisfaction with the experience. |
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| How is selling your work online different from selling through traditional galleries? |
| | Actually this question has two different parts. First, selling the work online won’t give me the pleasure to meet the buyer; after all selling a piece of art is like selling a piece of me. This is very important to me because I am emotionally attached to my work and would rather meet the person who likes my art instead of sending it out by mail. Second, online galleries have more potential to reach a wide range of people from all over the world, instead of selling to a local market using traditional galleries, so the artists have a better chance to sell and to be well-known. |
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