We were lucky to catch up with Vida Assadi recently and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Vida, thanks for joining us today. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.

I had always wanted to pursue a career in art and nourish my creative side, but work and life in general kept me busy, and I continued putting it off and on the back burner. Until in 2016, when I decided that I could no longer wait. My minor in college was art, so I had some exposure to design, weaving, sketching, and other forms of creativity, I had always wanted to paint, so I picked up a brush and painted my first painting in 2016. That was the start of my journey to become a visual artist.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

I have a technical background and have owned a different business for several years. Painting has opened up another venue for me, which allows me to use my inspirations to create beautiful art pieces. My paintings are my connection to both nature and to myself, and the mere act of creation, from an inspiration, brings me joy. What I offer to my audience is the hopes that I can convey my inspiration and joy to them, when they are viewing my art..

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

As an artist, and this may actually relate to many areas of life. I have had to learn to give in to my creative self, and let go of control. I have had to learn that I do not control or plan creativity, it happens on its own, triggered by something that inspires you, or a feeling that overwhelms you. My job is to be in tune with my creative side, but not control it. This is something very important that I had to unlearn in order to create authentic art work.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

One of my personal characteristics is that I don’t give up easily specially on matters that mean a lot to me. And this is no different with my art journey. I am for most part self-taught, and I have to admit that there have been many times that I thought and felt that I could never paint and be an artist, but I never gave up, I started to study the journey of other prominent artists and saw that the struggle is part of the learning process. When I create something I am not happy with, I no longer look at it as failure, but as a stepping stone to my next master piece.

Contact Info:

• Website: Www.vidaassadi.art
• Instagram: @vida.creative.art