KIVA PUR–RASHID

The Little Artist

Kiva has been drawing since she was one year old. Her first drawing was of a very colorful Peter Halley painting that was hanging in our living room. She picked markers that match the colors on the painting & did her own impression of the famous painting.

Now at the age of nine, many markers & art supplies later, her style has evolved & changed, but she is still as excited & devoted to her art as ever. She loves to sketch with her dad on weekends & to keep learning about new techniques, perspectives, and famous artists & painters. 

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Kiva loves to use her art to help others & raise money for charities she loves. In 2019, she raised a large amount for Ronald McDonald House NY by drawing custom portraits for people who donated towards this wonderful charity. Some of these portraits are on the website.

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In 2020 her illustrations depicting scenes from a ballet choreography that she performed in, were published in a yearbook of The Ballet Club dance studio.

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In 2020 Kiva participated in an international illustration competition for a new book Ickabog, by one of her favorite authors J.K. Rowling.

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If you order a portrait from the website, Kiva will donate 50% of the proceeds to No Kid Hungry – a charity that works on ending childhood hunger in US.