Bonsai Painting

I am a self taught artist and have had the ability from a young age. I mostly use oils on canvas or board, i also experiment with mixed media, as in different kinds of paint and varnish. I look at nature and i see perfection, i know many artists try to capture that in their work but i find they never do and neither can I, so i use my imagination to paint something never captured before, i feel thats the road i must travel. I never copy or draw, i take my inspiration from dreams and also from my work as a gardener, im greatly inspired my nature as a whole. My paintings are not about realism, so i would say i was a bit of an expressionist, my work is more dream like, i think what i paint is truly mine and not an imitation of something else! Im inspired by various artists but i never look too closely at their work, as i feel i might copy some of their techniques inadvertantly.
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