I was slightly known in my classroom as one of the good anime and still-life artists. My science teacher also saw my potential and commissioned a drawing for her physics class. That was my first-ever commission, and I didn't have specific techniques back then. I was more of a freestyle artist. Having a commission with very limited time and a larger canvas was way out of my comfort zone, so the result was terrible in my perspective.

I wasn't disheartened; I was just frustrated and decided to focus on my studies after that. I stopped drawing for a long time until artworks from various great artists (my inspirations) allowed me to see through a different realm. It was a heart-pounding experience to see their works, and I was immediately captivated. That's when I decided to give it a shot and create abstract artworks. I didn't have great output until one day, I decided to go to a night market. I immediately took my iPad and drew random lines. Little did I know that those random lines and shapes perfectly represented my desire. I knew that technique was to be careless and weird.

However, as time passed, I became too cautious about composition because I wanted to achieve something big in my career as an artist. That cautiousness led me to almost shadow my great inspirations. I studied their artworks because I was obsessed with them and wanted to be like them.

Unfortunately, chasing greatness using a path that I didn't know was wrong led me in the wrong direction. I wanted to get out of the prison I created for myself. I wanted to create a path for myself. So, I'm currently doing my best to rise above and get out of my comfort zone by adding various techniques and surrealistic elements.

I want to be weird again and be less cautious. I want to express who I truly am and all my ideas that I gained during my creative slump.

Honestly, there are a lot of great artists that inspire me, including Kandinsky, Joan Miró, Omentejovem, and Picasso. Because why not? They're great at what they do. But right now, I'm more inspired mainly by Hokusai and Kandinsky.

In terms of cleanliness, Hokusai and Kandinsky are opposites. Hokusai's composition is mostly clean and simple, while Kandinsky loves chaos and imperfections in his artworks. I love both of those characteristics.

I love clean and simplicity and their exact opposite. You will see a mixture of all those characteristics in my artworks.

Why? I'll start with chaos and imperfections. These two add depth to the composition, mimicking the imperfections in our surroundings. Simplicity and cleanliness, on the other hand, make the message clearer. So if you add these characteristics, you will be able to compose an artwork that has a clear and deep message.

I also love their color composition. The gradients in Hokusai's artworks and the playfulness of Kandinsky's colors, to be exact. There's a lot more that I love about them. I can't even count it.

I recently realized that I was shadowing my inspiration and almost losing my true self due to overthinking and trying to be great like my inspirations. So I did my best to observe nature and other artworks to create my own techniques, not by copying them.

To explain, when an artist looks at certain things (especially when they're passionate), they often have a sudden pop-up of ideas. I gained a lot of ideas during my months of observing, and I'm here to show you a few percentages of my ideas. Only a few, since most ideas require huge financial resources and time to finish.

Ironically, there's a limit to what I can do right now. But this series represents the introduction of a new era in my artistic career.

I felt stuck with one style and color scheme that were heavily inspired by other artists. I want to break free from the prison I created for myself and chose not to comply with what the market wants. I'm done with my rebellious phase, but I need to go against the odds to freely express my creativity.

The reality is, collectors want artworks from artists that have a known style. So I would be grateful if there's a collector who resonates with my art even if there's no specific style. It will show how “here for the art” our collectors really are.

I like mysteries, and I want to approach my journey intentionally. So I put clues such as mitosis and mostly meiosis.

“Meiosis is a special type of cell division of germ cells in sexually-reproducing organisms that produces the gametes, the sperm, or egg cells.”

“Meiosis creates new combinations of genetic material in each of the four daughter cells.”

With these definitions, I wanted to create a message that I will create artworks that are not in my initial style. This means I will introduce various styles and continue to explore.

The hint started in the piece “Certainty in Uncertainty”, this is where you will see the meiosis.

A few examples of mystery clues that you will see in my past artworks are in: “apex”, white border, slowly introduces a white background “hope”, sunrise gradient, hinting that I will soon transition into using a white background “the last whisper”. The last piece that will introduce the use of a white background.

I want to approach it in the most carefree way possible but intentional at the same time. So the concepts are dynamic.

The message I want to convey is for artists to be brave and courageous in exploring and leaving their comfort zones to maximize their full potential. I also want to send a message to collectors to support the artists whose works they collect, allowing them to explore so they can really see what these artists are capable of.

It's a risk to explore, but a person will not achieve anything without taking any risk.

I currently don't embody the essence of avant-garde, but I'm in pursuit of becoming one. To become one, I'll simply explore more until I find my distinctive voice. Once I gain a distinctive voice, I will add another feature to make it dynamic and limitless.

In my recent artworks, you will see a lot of inspiration from the sky, dirt, sun, eyes, dog, waves, tree bark, seed, grass, and cells. I also used inspirations from manmade objects such as roofs, cars, wood, casinos, dice, roads, doors, city lights, and more. All of these are put into specific pieces to completely tell a story or show my desire.

There are just way too many unexplored realms that we can all explore. It's hard to find one, but you eventually will. You can't really force it, but it will come to you naturally once you continuously explore and experiment.

Leave your comfort zone, my friends, and take bold risks. If you ever find yourself in a creative slump, just try to remember your real purpose and goal because we tend to forget those during the process.

If money is your end goal, that's fine. But if you want to be part of art history, you should probably start hustling.

Do whatever it takes. Don't forget to survive, though.

I want to be a well-known avant-garde artist in the future and be able to express my creativity in other industries such as fashion/clothing, construction, and furniture.

The limitless theme is very risky for my career as an artist. So, just like I said, I'll be careless and intentional at the same time.