Two years ago, fresh out of high school at the age of 18, Nikolai Deleff was living in Yellowknife when he was assailed by Ulcerative Colitis, landing him in and out of the hospital for a month.
“It was a really hard time to go through so much uncertainty,” he said in an interview.
Deleff, now living in Victoria, had always loved drawing but a shift happened to him while spending long days and nights at the hospital.
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