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= Dimitri Milan = Dimitri Milan is a young, teenage artist who dedicates her time to her career in painting. She is known for making art inspired from her dreams.

Life
Daughter of two artists, Dimitra Milan had been encouraged to practice art her whole life. She began painting in her early teen years when her parents, Eli and John Milan, opened an art school, The Milan Art Institution, and she decided to take all the classes. She was homeschooled throughout her high school years so she could dedicate more time to her art. In high school, she would spend 40 hours a week painting. She graduated two years early, which allowed her to fully focus on her artwork at the age of sixteen. Because she lives in a rural area, she is constantly surrounded by nature which inspires her artwork. In a day she works from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in a studio a couple hundred feat from her parent’s house. Dimitra lives in Arizona and is the oldest of three siblings. Because of her art, she has traveled worldwide. She has traveled to Greece, Paris, Prague, Ukraine, Budapest, and Hawaii. She takes most inspiration from Greece. Her family is Greek, so she feels most connected to there, "The sea in Greece is a great inspiration, with its crystal clear, perfectly calm water." She donates her paintings to nonprofit organizations, such as Comfy Cozies 4 Chemo and organizations fighting against human trafficking.

Art Work
Dimitra’s paintings are displayed in nine galleries. Most of her shows take place in Honfleur, France, Claude Monet’s hometown. Each painting takes about a week to complete. They range from $3,000 to $11,000 a piece. Her paintings are oil paintings filled with many symbols. She takes inspiration from her dreams. Her paintings all seem to take place in a fantasy world, depicted women and nature as symbols. "“I want my artwork to inspire people and make them feel that anything is possible for them. Help them understand who their true self is and how they are capable of anything they put their mind to.'"Her paintings are meant to express emotion rather than tell a story. Her paintings aren't of one specific place, but are inspired by many places she has been to and dreamt of. In one of her paintings, she depicts a woman swimming underwater with stingray. Dimitri explained in an interview that the painting was inspired from both a dream where she swims in an underwater fantasy world, and the sea in Greece.