Sid's Studio
Hi, I'm Sid!
My whole world has been art for as long as I can remember. It's all I've ever wanted to do, and every day I feel more and more lucky that the artist I was at 10 years old is still the same determined and creative person I am at 24.
How long have you been painting seriously?
Something about me is that I'm an all-in kind of person. I don't do anything causally. The moment I started drawing as a child, I was serious about my art career and would play shop where I would sell my art for flowers or cool rocks at recess. This has been a lifelong dream of mine to do what I do.
Did you go to school for art?
Technically, yes, I went to art school, but I didn't go to school for art. I studied industrial design (or product design) and played out the scenario of what if I got a well-paying job and funded my painting dream with it. I thought maybe I could just share my life between a full-time career with a predictable income and another full-time career that I was less confident of keeping myself afloat with, and I let the scenario play out for an entire 4 years and 2 months. After college, I got a job doing freelance design work and only kept it for 2 months before I decided enough was enough, and I needed to just believe in myself as an artist. I only ended up taking 1 elective painting class in college, making me a self-taught painter :)
What inspires you?
My art wasn't always as joyful as it is now. I had quite the battle with mental health growing up, and it haunted me for years before I realized that you'll never be "ready" to start healing, because ready isn't a feeling its a decision. One day, I just flipped the script and decided to create art to fill my space with joy instead of negativity, and the healing followed suit. My art is an active protest from the things that bring me down and through it I've found inspiration in spreading that joy to others. Plus, everyone loves food lol.