Hello,

I always knew how to draw, but I also thought so does everyone else. I had many talents I thought others might’ve had aswell, So I never paid attention to having Art in mind as a career. I pretty much grew up being busy ,but adding Art and constantly moving between two completely different countries till I was 18, made it even more complicated. I had two different lifestyles in-between US and Armenia, thanks to that I speak 3 different languages, English, Armenian and Russian, which I am very proud of. After 18 I got more into the art fields, such as graphic design, product design and photography. I do have couple of drawings from probably 10- 14 years ago, but it was just something i did from time to time.  I also started doing graffiti at around age 14, I still have photographs of me next to my graffiti’s, but I don’t think ill go back to street art, at least not anytime soon. I was pretty much a rebel at heart and I decided to still keep that side of me, but hide it, very deep.
In 2013 I started painting and now thats all I do. It has become my bread money and my long time career, I love it. Working on my art pieces literarily takes 90% of my time, but I try to balance it by using the other 10% seeing all the people I love, spending lots of time with my family and trying to talk to everyone I met along the way. My Art speaks for itself, this is who I am, It is not about what subject I choose to paint next, or that it takes me 5 months to finish a painting, more so it makes me somehow better, but that it comes from the inside, I just do it without even thinking. I can be absolutely honest and say that I don’t find inspirations to work on a new project or have an idea what to do next, I already have all of that in my head stored. I do get inspired from happiness, or when I see love, and I am not only talking about couples, in general, giving without wanting anything in return inspires me. All my art pieces are part of me and I choose to take the long way making freestyle real art from zero and building it up no mater how long it will take, because thats what really maters to me, the end, not the beginning,

“I think no matter if you are an artist, musician or a poet.. you need to look for the best and the good in life, and have a goal to become good as a person and let the talent do the rest.”

-Yelena