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Marina Carteva

Boston, MA, United States

Web: I never thought that i would paint. When i was a kid, my mom sent me to a music school to lea...

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Marina Carteva

Joined In 2021

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About the artist

Marina Carteva

Joined In 2021

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I never thought that i would paint. When i was a kid, my mom sent me to a music school to learn to play piano. After several lessons, I realized that I don't like it, but went on with it. One year later, I made my mom happy by performing my examination piece on a white concert piano for her. When I finished playing, I approached her and asked to take me to an art school, because piano was not for me. In a week, I started visiting an art school. I spent four years there, graduated and was happy. At that moment, I was feeling like I wanted to be an interior designer, but in the 11th grade I changed my mind and went to study Tourism, completely putting aside design and painting.
Many years later, after trying myself in various careers, I got married and moved to the USA. My active life stopped and suddenly, on weekdays I was alone with myself. I had to start all over again in a new country. I asked myself: "What do I really want to do?" I couldn't find the answer, until the day when I bought some paints, brushes and a canvas...
My first painting after many years was flowers. When my husband came home and saw it, he was the first person who believed in me, while I myself was skeptical.
A few months later, my husband sent some...

I usually have one exhibition a year.