#Metroseen featured artist, Naj Gliese

Name: Naj Gliese

Age: 26-years-old

Pronouns: Her/She

𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟?

I'm a self-taught artist. I started drawing at a very young age. I love listening to classic psychedelic rock, I'm pretty much into the 1960s and 70s things. 

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭?

I would say my inspiration for my art is mostly from the songs I listen to, sometimes from my dreams or just random things I'd like to imagine, like, what if people have 4 eyes or if their skin is colour pink or blue?

𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞?

Weird and flamboyant 

𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭?

Just like any normal artist I know, I didn't really think that being an artist could be a serious career. Most people would always say that "there is no money in art" or "it's only for the elites". So I wasn't really sure if I wanted to pursue this career back then. I come from a family of artists and I feel like I was just born into it, although no one really pushed me to become one, I just became one. Making art is my great passion but I also feel that if I do this for a living where people would expect a lot of things from me and take away my creative freedom, I guess it's not going to be healthy for me.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭?

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