Alisa Pogorelovsky

Hello everyone, I wanted to take a minute and share my life story. I hope that sharing my story will give you a glimpse of who I am as an artist and how I find my inspiration.
Although I currently reside in Canada my story began many years ago in a small country in Eastern Europe. The country is Moldova and I was born in the capital city Chisinau. From an early age I felt a deep connection with the world of arts, and I was painting well before I could even speak. Perhaps my inspiration came from my father who was a sculptor, or perhaps my mother who was a fashion designer and would make clothes for people from our home. As one might imagine my family was always very supportive and encouraged me to continue following my passion, which inevitable lead me to attend art school.
Art School was an amazing experience and it only helped increase my passion and strengthen my bond with painting Expressing myself with colors and an empty canvas was all I wanted to do for the rest of my life!
However much like art I found that life too has a way of surprising you. In 1995 our family decided to find a better life in another country, and being Jewish we naturally decided to move to Israel. We found ourselves settling down in a city called ...