ZenART's Membership Plans Terms & Conditions

(Updates effective 17/08/2020)

These terms and conditions (“Terms and Conditions”) govern the ZenART Supplies Rewards & Referral Plan as well as Subscribe & Save Plan (“Membership Plans”), and members of the programs will earn zen coins in connection with the purchase of qualifying online products and online activities that are redeemable towards the purchase of certain products online. For the re-occurring members (Subscribe & Save Plan) this includes exclusive gifts & content.

1. REWARDS & REFERRAL

  • Free. No purchase is necessary to obtain membership in the Rewards & Referral Program, but you must establish an account at https://shop.zenartsupplies.co/account/register . Please see our privacy policy, located here, to understand how information you provide us will be used. This program is void where prohibited.
  • Eligibility. In order to be eligible for the Rewards & Referral Program, you must create an account as outlined in these Terms and Conditions. You may create an account if you are at least seventeen (17) years of age, have Internet access, and have a valid mailing address. If you are between the ages of 17 and 18, you must have your parent’s permission to register for an account. If you choose to create an account, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account, username and password and for restricting access to your account. You are responsible for keeping such information current, complete, accurate and truthful. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account, username and/or password. You agree to provide only current, complete, accurate and truthful information. If you are accessing and using the Site on someone else’s behalf, you represent that you have the authority to bind that person as the principal to all Terms and Conditions provided herein, and to the extent you do not have such authority you agree to be bound to these Terms and Conditions and to accept liability for harm caused by any wrongful use of the Site or Content resulting from such access or use. You may only have one member account per natural person. Persons who are discovered to have more than one account forfeit their zen coins and will be unsubscribed from the Loyalty Program.
  • How To Enroll in the Rewards & Referral Program. (a) Create an account: Visit www.zenartsupplies.com (the "Site" or "Online") and become a registered user of the Site. Click here to be taken directly to the registration page. You will be asked for your first and last name, your email address, and a password. You will also be given the option to sign up for our newsletter. Once you have submitted the requisite information, you will be sent an email to the address you listed confirming your membership. Once you have confirmed your email address, you are automatically enrolled in the Reward & Referral Program and are a member (“Member”).
  • How to Access/Change Your Member Information. You must keep your personal information on your Account up-to-date. To do so, click on the "My Account" section and access your account by entering your registered email address and current password. From your dashboard you can access your account information; review your current and past orders; change your profile; manage your subscriptions and applications, and access your previous purchases.
  • How to Cancel Your Membership. You may cancel an account at any time. To cancel your account, please send an email to support@zenartsupplies.co and write “cancel membership” in the subject line. The email must come from the account currently listed on our servers as being associated with your Rewards & Referral Program. If you no longer have access to that email address, please email our customer service department and we will verify your status and cancel your account. Upon cancellation, you are no longer a member, and any unused zen coins accrued in your account will be forfeited and cannot be redeemed. Zen coins maintain their value only on valid accounts in good standing, and except as otherwise provided here for redemption, have no cash value outside of their redemption value on the Site.

2. EARNING ZEN COINS

  • General Members can earn zen coins on the purchase of qualifying online products at zenartsupplies.co. To receive zen coins for your Online purchases, you must be signed into your account. You may check at any time to see if you are signed in to the Site by looking in the upper right-hand corner of the site. Gift cards do not qualify for zen coins. Other products that do not qualify for zen coins are noted on the Site.
  • Earning Rate. Members earn 5 sen coins for every $1.00 spent on qualifying purchases (in other words, one (5) zen coins for every one dollar ($1) spent). Zen coins are based on your order subtotal, after any discounts, only. Zen coins are rounded down to the nearest whole number. For example, if you spend $9.99, you will receive 9 zen coins. The calculation is as follows: $9.99 x 1 zen coins per dollar = 9.99 zen coins, which is rounded down to 9 zen coins. This program started on August 17, 2020, and initial levels were set on the 2020 amount spent on ordering products. Note: Shipping and Taxes are not taken into consideration. If an item is return and/or price adjusted that will also be removed from your rewards calculations.
  • Gift Cards. Gift card purchases are not eligible to receive zen coins. However, once a gift card is redeemed, zen coins will be awarded to the recipient for the subtotal after any gift card values, provided s/he is logged into the account, as outlined in these Terms and Conditions.
  • Addition of Zen Coins to Accounts. Zen Coins will be added to your Account under the following conditions, and will generally show up immediately. You will receive zen coins:
    • At the time of account registration
    • During the purchase of qualifying products
    • For other activities outlined on the Site that may show up from time to time. Note that for these other activities, including “bonus zen coins” accumulations and other zen coin promotions, zen coins may show as “pending,” depending upon the activity.
    • Joining the Birthday Club. Birthdate must be entered 30 days before your Birthday to qualify.
    • For Liking the ZenART Supplies Facebook page and sharing the ZenART Supplies Facebook page with your following. This is good one time only.
    • Following ZenART Supplies on Instagram. This is good one time only.
    • Referring a friend to ZenART Supplies. Your account will be automatically awarded the discount only if the referral friend used the link sent to them from your referral account and makes a qualifying purchase. Discount will automatically be applied to account if stipulations are met.
  • Exclusions. Members earn zen coins only on the purchase price of: (i) qualifying online products. Calculation of zen coins excludes payment by the Member for shipping charges and all taxes, including without limitation, federal, state, and local taxes or use taxes. Zen Coins will not be earned on any discounts or other credits offered in connection with a product or service. For example, if a product that is normally $50 is on sale for $25, a Member will only earn zen coins on the purchase price of $25. Purchases of gift cards, redemption of vouchers, and any type of price adjustments, including merchandise returns, are not eligible for zen coins. All purchases made: (i) by a Member prior to such member joining the Program, (ii) Online without a Member being logged onto the Website with the Member's Account number linked to the Member's Online account, are not eligible for Reward & Referral Program credit. The purchase of ZenART Supplies products outside the Zenartsupplies.co website are not eligible for the Reward & Referral Program.
  • Returns/Order Cancellations. Zen Coins earned for a purchase that is then the subject of a return, cancellation, refund, declined credit card or gift card, or other credit will be deducted from your account in an amount equal to the zen coins earned for the original transaction, including any bonus zen coins that may be applicable. Any rewards discounts that are applied to the order, will be distributed equally to the applicable items in the order when completing a return. Zen Coins redeemed on an order will not be reapplied back to your rewards account for any reason on a returned order. If a return/cancellation will cause your account to have a negative zen coin balance, you will not begin earning zen coins again until your zen coins balance is returned to zero (0), by making purchases, or engaging in other promotional activities offered from time to time. If an item is exchanged (different product) any redeemed rewards on the initial purchase may be transferred to the exchange one (1) time only. Rewards used on an order that is canceled cannot be reapplied as they are good for just one use.
  • Bonus Zen Coins Promotions. From time to time, ZenART Supplies may run certain bonus zen coin promotions. Under bonus zen coin promotions, Members can earn additional or "bonus zen coins" in connection with the purchase of certain online products. When you purchase these specially marked products or make the purchase during a bonus zen coins time period, you will earn bonus zen coins on each product, as specified in the offer. Bonus zen coin promotions are subject to the terms and conditions of the offer and may be offered at any time in ZenART Supplies sole discretion. Bonus zen coin offers cannot be combined with any other offer.
  • Limitations on Bonus Zen Coins and Zen Coins, Generally. These terms apply to zen coins and bonus zen coins accruals. If you purchase a product during a promotion and the product comes with an additional, free product, zen coins will not be issued on the retail value of the free product. If you redeem zen coins towards the purchase of a product and pay a portion of the retail price after the zen coin's redemption, you will receive zen coins only on the leftover retail amount you pay, and not on any value attributed to the zen coin you used. If you redeem zen coins towards the purchase of a product in an amount equal to the full price of the product, you will not earn any zen coins.
  • Non-purchase Options for Earning Zen Coins. You may also earn additional zen coins on non-purchase activities. From time to time, ZenART Supplies may offer you the chance to win various prizes, and earn zen coins, for entering into promotions. For sweepstakes promotions, there is NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO PLAY OR TO WIN. Rules and restrictions will apply to such promotions and may be found on the entry page of any promotion.
  • Referring a friend to ZenART Supplies. Email a friend an $8 off coupon on $50 order by clicking “ Earn Zen Coins” then “ Refer a Friend”. Enter the email address of a friend who has not purchased with ZenART Supplies before (if your referral has shopped with us before the referral link will be automatically voided by the system). A referral link will be sent to your friend with an $8 off coupon on a $50 order. $8 off coupon on $50 order will automatically be rewarded to your account only if the referral friend used the link sent to them from your referral account and makes a qualifying first-time purchase with ZenART Supplies. Your Referral friend will receive an $8 off coupon on $50 order, 200 zen coins for signing up, and zen coins from their first purchase made while signed into their new ZenART Supplies account.

3. REDEEMING ZEN COINS

  • How To Use Your Zen Coins. Zen Coins must be used in increments outlined in these Terms and Conditions. The maximum number of zen coins that may be used in a single transaction is 10,000 zen coins. Zen Coins may only be used Online at the ZenART Supplies website. Zen Coins towards Products: Members can use their zen coins to reduce the purchase price of a product or to receive a product for free based on the following scale:
    • 500 zen coins = $5.00 off
    • 1,000 zen coins = $10.00 off your at least $50 order
    • 1,500 zen coins = $15.00 off your at least $50 order
    • 2,500 zen coins = $25.00 off your at least $50 order

    Zen Coins can only be redeemed in any combination of the zen coin and increment amounts set forth above. Redemption of zen coins towards purchases of products is subject to product availability. Any rewards discounts that are applied to the order, will be distributed equally to the applicable items in the order when completing a return.

  • Gift cards. Once available, zen coins cannot be used towards the purchase of gift cards. Gift card redemption, however, is eligible for zen coins. Zen Coins accrued pursuant to the use of a gift card will benefit the gift card user, provided the user has an account in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
  • To Redeem your Zen Coins. Before you begin shopping with us, sign in to your Shop account on our site. Select “Redeem Zen Coins” from the red tab housed in the lower left-hand corner of the screen and select the amount of zen coins you would like to redeem. You will be issued a custom code that you can copy and paste into the discount bar during check out (Please note - only one code can be used). Your total payment amount will be discounted by the amount of zen coins you allocate to the purchase. Note that zen coins may only be redeemed for the purchase price of the product. Sales tax, shipping, and other handling charges assessed in addition to the price of the product are your responsibility and zen coins may not be used to discount these additional charges.
  • Exclusions. Only one account per natural person. Only one discount code can be redeemed per transaction. Rewards redemption codes may not be combined with any other discount codes. Zen Coins may not be transferred or gifted at this time. Zen Coins cannot be used on past purchases. Zen Coins accumulated on different accounts by different members may not be combined or aggregated to make purchases of products or for any other reason. Zen Coins earned in a transaction cannot be redeemed in the same transaction. Redeemed zen coins cannot be retroactively applied to any past order or receive a price adjustment on any order where redeemed zen coins were not applied. Zen Coins have no cash value outside of the ZenART Supplies website and are available only to members in good standing.
  • Zen Coins Expiration and Time Lapses. All zen coins acquired, whether standard zen coins or bonus zen coins, shall expire 180 days from the date the zen coins are added to your account. Zen Coins expire 180 days from the date in which they were assigned to your account. Specific onsite activities in which zen coins will be awarded are set to accrue zen coins based on a time-lapse at the discretion of ZenART Supplies.
    • Sign up: zen coins are added to your account instantly
    • Order: zen coins are added to your account when your order is placed.
  • Once zen coins are redeemed, a discount code will be assigned and we are unable to cancel the discount code and reapply the zen coins to your Reward & Referral account. Discount codes generated by redeeming zen coins do not expire until used. They are a one-time use code, so once it is used it is gone. If an order is returned zen coins will not be reinstated.

4. Subscribe & Save Plan

  • Re-occurring purchase. Purchase is necessary in order to participate in this plan. The plan is worth $6.95 and will be charged to your account on the same date of the month that you purchased the plan, i.e. if you purchased the plan on 19th of January, you will be charged for the plan on the 19th of each month you are a Subscribe & Save Plan member.
  • 15% re-occurring discount. As a member of the subscribe & Save Plan, you are eligible for a 15% discount every time you put an order in place. You are qualified for the discount as soon as you purchase the plan.
  • Cancellation. After a purchase made with a Subscribe & Save Plan, you are not able to get a refund for the plan for the month the purchase was valid for but you can cancel for the following months.
  • Free samples & accessories. These are included for members of Subscribe & Save Plan only. These are not included in each order but the member will be informed when they will receive "extras" in their order.
  • Access to exclusive content. Exclusive access to tutorials, guides, tips & tricks in video, pdf, or audio format will be part of the membership program. Not all exclusive content is available but what is and will be available is up to ZenART Supplies sole discretion.

5. GENERAL

  • By registering with Zenartsupplies.co and joining the Reward & Referral Program, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in these Terms and Conditions, as well as any other terms that may be associated with the Reward & Referral Program. ZenART Supplies reserves the right to cancel, modify, suspend or restrict the Reward & Referral Program, your account, the redemption of zen coins, or any aspect of the Program, including, without limitation, the zen coin conversion ratio and the zen coin expiration policy at any time. Any changes can be made without advance notice. ZenART Supplies may make these changes even though such changes may affect your ability to use zen coins already accumulated. You are responsible for remaining knowledgeable about the Program Terms and Conditions. A Member's zen coins balance, as reflected in ZenART Supplies records, shall be deemed correct. ZenART Supplies reserves the right to determine the amount of zen coins in any Member's account based on ZenART Supplies' internal records related to such Member's account. In the event of an inconsistency between the amount accrued in a Member's account as stated on any Member's receipt and ZenART Supplies internal records, ZenART Supplies internal records will control. ZenART Supplies assumes no responsibility for errors caused by incorrect Member information. Your right to transfer zen coins earned or granted under the Program is strictly limited. The sale of zen coins is prohibited and may result in the confiscation or cancellation of your zen coins as well as suspension or termination of your membership, which in each case shall be final and conclusive. All transactions involving zen coins and all Member accounts are subject to review and verification by ZenART Supplies. The zen coins balance in a Member's account may be unavailable for use when an account or transaction is under review. ZenART Supplies may revoke any Member's membership in the Reward & Referral Program at any time if such Member engages in abuse of the Reward & Referral Program or fails to follow the terms and conditions of the Program. Fraud or abuse relating to the accrual of zen coins or redemption of rewards may result in revocation of membership in the Program and may affect a Member's eligibility for participation in any other ZenART Supplies program, present or future. Zen Coins are non-transferable and cannot be redeemed for cash. The interpretation and application of the Program's Terms and Conditions are at the sole discretion and determination of ZenART Supplies. For more information or other questions, click on Contact Us.
  • The Terms and Conditions of the loyalty program are subject to change at ZenART Supplies’ sole discretion at any time and without notice to customers. Upon customer’s at-will termination of their Zenartsupplies.com registered account, or if a customer is termination for violation of these Terms and Conditions or other activities in violation of the intent and good faith intended use of this Site, all zen coins will immediately be forfeited and will no longer be redeemable. ZenART Supplies will make reasonable efforts to award zen coins as outlined above to all 1. registered and 2. qualifying Zenartsupplies.co customers but is not responsible for any technical or unforeseen errors that may occur.
  • Zen Coins are nontransferable, nonredeemable for cash, are nonrefundable and are not valid outside of Zenartsupplies.co. Purchases made outside Zenartsupplies.co are not valid for zen coin accrual (this includes, but is not limited to Facebook resell groups, Ebay, and Amazon).
  • Employees of ZenART Supplies are not eligible to participate in the Reward & Referral Program.

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Ayna Paisley: Encaustic Art and Contemporary Impressionism

Ayna Paisley: Encaustic Art and Contemporary Impressionism

Ayna Paisley and her creative journey. What is encaustic painting? Then we take a look at Ayna's body of work.

A life full of love from her family and friends, a growing patronage by her supportive audience, and an emerging career that is as colorful and vibrant as her artworks, let's shine the spotlight on our ZenARTist of March 2021. Let's take a look at the personal and professional life of contemporary artist Ayna Paisley.


Early Life in Africa and Russia
Life of Art in Moscow
Encaustic Art: What is it?
The Shift to London
Selected Paintings from Ayna's Body of Work


Ayna Paisley is a self-taught London-based artist who is noted for her dream-like mixed media paintings. Growing up in Moscow with artist parents, Ayna started her journey with a very traditional approach to art. However, she set aside traditional techniques to experiment with fresh ideas and explore the possibilities of mixed media.

Ayna also teaches her techniques and creative approach to art and inspires many artists. Her body of work comprises peculiar contemporary pieces created with gouache, watercolor, acrylic, encaustic medium, and oil, juxtaposed with paper collages and vintage imagery. Ayna has exhibited her artworks in London, UK, Moscow, and St. Petersburg, Russia.

Photo of Ayna working from her website aynapaisley.com

"I remember going to the Louvre in Paris and seeing Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, I realized how absolutely tiny she is, sitting in her glass box. So many people standing around her, trying to get a glance above everyone's head, trying to take a photo of her. I remember being so fascinated, not exactly with the painting, but with what it does to people-how powerful art can be."
-Ayna Paisley


Early Life in Africa and Russia

Ayna Paisley was born on the 1st of December 1989 in Moscow, Russia to artistic parents Magomed Magomedov and Elmira Magomedova, who persistently encouraged their daughter's creative pursuits. Her mother, Elmira, is a fashion designer and runs her own clothing brand; her father, Magomed, is an artist and a photo editor for a big publishing house in Moscow. 

Ayna's drawing from when she was 6 years old. Felt pen, and regular ballpoint pen on A4 paper (1996)

Leaving Moscow only at the age of two, Ayna spent the majority of the first decade of her life with her grandparents in Tunisia, North Africa. Both her grandparents worked as doctors in the 90s and lived in Nefta, an oasis town situated in the southwestern area of the country. Ayna lived there until she was 7 years old. It is here that she discovered her natural inclination to making art. 

In 1997, Ayna moved back to Moscow, a 7-year old child who spent her formative years in a totally different country. She had some difficulty fitting in with her new classmates and would often prefer to be in her own company. Later, she was transferred to an art-centric primary school where she made friends and finally felt she belonged. 

Ayna had an artful childhood as her parents encouraged her to pursue art throughout her early life. In the 90s, both her parents made a considerable income as street artists-right at the turning point of Moscow's contemporary art scene-painting portraits of tourists.

A traditional intricately brick-decorated structure along a cobbled and narrow street inside the medina in Nefta, Tunisia.

She had been drawing and painting as early as her tender years in Tunisia until after she was 15 when she stopped painting altogether. After failing her final exams, her confidence took a bad hit prompting her to eventually drop out to pursue a different career.


"I was 14 and got my hands on a book with reproductions of great masters of the past. In it, I saw the Madonna Sistina (ca. 1513-14)by Raphael and thought this is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. I remember sitting down and meticulously trying to copy the beauty of her face and posture because the book was not mine and I couldn't bear the thought of parting with her when the book has to be given back."
-Ayna Paisley 


Much as the exact opposite of most early life stories of successful, self-taught artists like Ayna, her parents urged her to take up an arts-related degree, however, because she hadn't yet developed her confidence to pursue art at that time, she took up Journalism instead. 

Life of Art in Moscow

Ayna completed her degree in Journalism at the Moscow State University in 2012 and worked as a junior assistant in a magazine shortly after graduating. Ayna hadn't held a brush until 2016, just 5 years ago, when she left her job as an editor in Glamour Russia magazine. It is then that she decided to start painting again as a form of therapy. And couldn't stop anymore.

Ayna Paisley with the Glamour Russia team during her journalism days.

Ayna's career as a financially sustainable contemporary artist began blooming online through social media. She calls herself a "good example" of how social media can help shape one's future and open doors for endless possibilities. She started sharing her art and her story through Instagram and slowly but steadily, people began subscribing to her content. Today, her Instagram @littlepeanutdraws has 25,100 very engaged followers.

Ayna Paisley's Instagram account @littlepeanutdraws where she shares her art practice.

Her approach? Just be the real you. Ayna loves to share her practice, she entertains questions by aspiring artists and also shares a glimpse of her life including her travels to different cities and sneak peeks into work in progress collections for new exhibitions.

She emphasizes the importance of focusing on your art and practice more than just the number of followers or the creation of content. For her, social media is only a tool to share her art with a broader audience and we couldn't agree more.

Ayna doing plein air painting in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Such a supportive community inspired Ayna to keep going even amidst times of creativity blocks. Ayna developed her art practice continuously experimenting on a varied range of mediums from gouache, watercolor, acrylics, pastels, pencils, crayons and paper. All this she shared with her audience through social media and she is grateful for her background in journalism as it became instrumental in expressing herself well with her art audience, skills that made it easier to communicate her story in engaging ways.

Ayna in one of her encaustic classes in Moscow.

Ayna's desire to share her knowledge and help aspiring artists eventually grew into a passion for teaching. She started teaching through her YouTube channel and later tried doing live demos and workshops for big groups of students.

Because of her success and the genuine passion to teach, Ayna was invited to film her first online masterclass  through a big art school in Russia on encaustic painting, a technique she is notable for. 

Encaustic Art: What is it?

Ayna is known for her encaustic art. So what exactly is encaustic art? Encaustic art is a piece created by encaustic painting or hot wax painting. It is a mixed media technique that includes using heated wax combined with colored pigments. The pigmented melted wax, either in liquid or paste form is then applied to a surface like paint-usually on primed wood or canvas.

Untitled (2019) encaustic painting by Ayna Paisley

The Shift to London

In early 2020, right at the beginning of the pandemic, Ayna decided to move from Moscow to London. She admitted that it was very difficult to relocate in the middle of a global crisis, to start a new chapter in another big city, far from the comfort of familiarities in Moscow that she's known for most of her life.

It is worth the journey as London, being one of the major art capitals in the world, would open endless possibilities and offer good opportunities for Ayna to network and level-up her practice..

Ayna Paisley uses  ZenART Renoir Collection brushes for her oil and acrylic paintings.  We're happy to mention that Ayna Paisley is also a ZenART Supplies Ambassador.

London by far has been a good decision. Ayna began feeling subtle positive shifts in her career. She started reaching a broader audience coming from different countries, she's been selected to exhibit her art in several commercial galleries around the city, and she feels more accepted and appreciated by the London art scene despite the lockdowns and quarantines in place. Here, she sees a vast and supportive community of creators that she's proud to be part of. 

Ayna with her encaustic pieces up on exhibitions in Moscow and London respectively.

Today in her new home, Ayna continues to create a diverse range of pieces including large format canvases, smaller formats on paper, collages with peculiar and quirky narratives using vintage imagery of people, animals, birds, and plants.

On top of that, Ayna creates monoprints, textured landscape, and floral pieces with unique mark-making-mastering all these mediums and techniques while maintaining her distinct contemporary impressionist visual style. She teaches regularly through different online platforms like YouTube, and Skillshare and plans to get back into teaching in actual offline classes once the situation permits.

Ayna also runs a subscription-based blog where she shares her experiences and art practice in a more detailed yet laid-back format.

 Parting (2020) by Ayna Paisley, 70 x 150 cm mixed media piece on the cover The Society of Women Artists 159th Annual Open Exhibition in 2020.

Selected Pieces from Ayna's Body of Work

Living a life full of art and encouragement from the people around her gave Ayna the courage to just be whatever she wanted to be. Today, her collection of encaustic art exudes the dream-like qualities of the French Impressionists' paintings, injected  with the right amount of nostalgic air, rendered with remarkable colors vibrating with energy. Let's take a look at some recent pieces from Ayna Paisley's body of work.

Seeing Me Seeing You (2021) Encaustic painting,  40 x 40 cm
White Butterfly (2020) Encaustic painting, 30 x 40 cm
Sel De Mer (2021) Mixed Media, 30 x 30 cm
Pimlico (2020) Gouache, 30 x 42 cm
Pink Bouquet (2021) Mixed Media 30 x 35 cm
South Kensington (2020) Mixed media, 56 x 32 cm

Say hello to our ZenARTist for March 2021, Ayna Paisley! Do you have questions for Ayna? Seeing all the rich colors and the encaustic artworks in this article makes me want to paint more. Tell us what you'll be painting next in the comment section below! Let's start a conversation!

Inspired by this feature story? Then you will like our toolkit article: Rainbow Colors of the Impressionists.



- MEET THE AUTHOR-

 

Ardak Kassenova is a London based contemporary artist, co-founder and creative director of ZenART Supplies. Her visual style-contemporary impressionism-share similar aesthetic qualities with those by the French Impressionists. After 20 years of a successful corporate career, becoming a mother to two wonderful girls, and with the continuous development of her practice by taking private lessons from the best artists she could find; Ardak decided it's time to align her life with her true passion, Art. Driven by this passion and her corporate leadership background, she co-founded ZenART.

"My heart and soul were always with Art, and since my childhood as long as I remember myself, I was dreaming to be an artist. I was painting after work, when I had time, and teaching myself through the books, videos, visiting art galleries and museums. I've been very curious about different techniques and styles, and therefore accumulated knowledge and experience on a variety of mediums." 

Read more about Ardak Kassenova in this feature. Say hello to @ardak_zenart on Instagram!


References
Ayna Paisley bio, on her website, https://www.aynapaisley.com/bio
Parting (2020) by Ayna Paisley on the cover The Society of Women Artists 159th Annual Open Exhibition, https://onlinegalleryswa.oess1.uk/


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