Dodi Mossafer

I'm a self taught artist who drives his artwork from pure imagination that is free of limitations or constraints. To me, art is about emotional connections.

I did my first painting in 2012 and have been painting since then. I have completed over 300 different paintings in different styles and techniques. Every painting of mine has a story and it aims to trigger feelings, emotions, and memories deep inside the heart and the mind of the viewer.

I appreciate nature and traditional artwork although I tend to feel limited by its style and techniques, I make a conscious choice to be free of any restrictions whenever I need to. My artwork is highly influenced by nature, environment, and or outside triggers then I take it through a personal journey of deep imagination and reflection along with emotional connection in order to bring to the world the paintings that you see.

I love to paint to the point I could spend an entire weekend in isolation painting day and night. I usually don’t know what my painting looks like or what it will be till after I’m done with it. I tend not to sketch my paintings in advance so I’m not limited by lines and boundaries. It is a journey that I don’t know where it leads till I get there. I don’t com...

Johns Hopkins University