Welcome back to The Qreative Life podcast. In this episode, Q interviews artist and musician Yasmin Ali. They discuss Ali’s discovery of painting, how her creative community helped foster her talent, and the real threat AI poses to artists.
Find Yasmin Ali online:
- Artist Website: www.yasminaliart.com
- Saatchi Art profile: https://www.saatchiart.com/yasminali
- Etsy shop: twistedbrushdesigns.etsy.com
More about Yasmin Ali:
Yasmin Ali is a Chicago-based, self-taught painter working primarily in oils. Her heavily textured, carved abstract paintings are inspired by natural systems—trees, water, wind, and roots—and the ways they hold growth, pressure, and resilience over time. Her process is intuitive and layered, with each mark responding to the one before it. Through building, cutting, and carving the paint surface, she creates compositions that reflect inner states as much as external ones, exploring identity, memory, and how what’s underneath the surface informs what’s above it. Yasmin’s practice also extends into digital and AI-informed work, creating an approach that sits where art tradition and experimentation meet. Through her brand TwistedBrush, she brings her work into everyday spaces through prints and designed objects. With a background in music, performance, and community organizing, she approaches painting as a form of composition—built through the rhythm, balance and movement that create structure. She is returning to the art world after a hiatus, during which time she continued to refine her work.
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