Tell us what defines you as a person.

I am someone who is confident about their beliefs and dreams, and I hope that with hard work, dedication and perseverance I will be able to fulfil my ambitions and realise my dreams.

How did you found out about deviantART and why did you join the community?

I discovered deviantART around five years ago, when I was just searching the internet about art, and I stumbled across an artist sharing their works on deviantART. I quickly realized that it was the perfect opportunity for me to share my artworks, and to get inspiration from other people as well.

When and how did you discover your passion for art?

I honestly don't know! I think my parents saw that I loved art from an early age, as at the age of seven I was put into an art class, and since then I've never looked back – my love of art has kept on growing!


What inspires you the most and when do you think your creativity is at its maximum?

When I'm doing something out of the ordinary, or discovering new things and having new experiences. Then I feel emotions and ideas which I haven't felt before. This could mean meeting new people, going to new places and so on. It doesn't necessarily matter if an experience is good or bad, but the most important thing is that I feel and take some emotion from it, which I can use for inspiration.

Discovering new artists and reading about them is another a source of inspiration. I find it fascinating to go through similar emotions that well known artists experienced when they were creating their artwork. I need time to see my ideas through to completion, and I have to be in the right frame of mind to do this – so being at peace with myself, calm and without any anxieties hanging over me. It usually happens at the time when my life is in some way balanced.

What do you think you'd be doing if you hadn't chosen this path?

That's a difficult question as art plays such an important role in my life. But I think I would be more dedicated to music and playing the guitar, although music is a form of art as well. Music is probably my second love, as it has the same purpose as art. An artist can capture their feelings, realize them, show their work to the world with the same pleasing result to the audience, but at the same time letting the audience go through the same emotions that the artist felt whilst creating that work.

What do you think it's your most meaningful deviation and what makes it special? Does it have a story behind it?

It could be Greenwich Park in London. I created it a few years ago while I was going through a difficult time. I had graduated to art school six months beforehand, and after that I wasn't as dedicated to art as I had been. School was exhausting, and I could feel how everything was slowly falling apart. I knew that I had to change something to escape this situation.

In December 2010 I started slowly painting again, but at the same time not really thinking about its outcome. I allowed myself to wander, to be free, and I painted just how I felt, not as things should be - realistic or beautiful. I started to more concentrate on the colours and emotions.

Then, in January 2011, I painted "Greenwich Park in London". I had been sick for days and I had a fever, but something made me to get out of bed and start painting on that day. At the beginning I was feeling terrible, but as I finished the piece, it felt fantastic. That painting captured all the emotion that had built up over the previous few months. I still love the whole look of the painting, how everything is blue and quite dark, but still there are some branches of green and yellow, and as moving to the centre everything becomes less dark, and how the end of road is still bright and out of the darkness.


Do you have any insecurities regarding your art?

Not really. I'm confident about my art, as long I know it has come from my heart and I have captured the emotions I wanted.

Did art ever helped you to deal with your life problems?

Of course! It may be naïve or clichéd to say this, but art has saved me in many ways. It's the most important thing that keeps me going.

What is the one thing you always wanted to do but never got a chance to?

With regards to painting, I'm especially excited about the direction in which my style is going. I believe if my style is changing and still moving forward, then everything is great. I'm terrified by the idea of doing the same looking paintings for years! So I'm still confident and I look forward to painting each new piece, thinking that it will be my best and most truthful painting so far.

I definitely want to learn more about graphic design, as I always enjoy learning about new concepts, and experimenting with different techniques, as new skills could bring a different dimension to my artwork.


A few words for our fellow artists?

Never hold yourself back from doing something, because others may not support it. Anyone can do art and everyone's art is unique and one of a kind, success only depends how much work, love and faith you put in it!