"The Tree of Life - Paradise" Painting

ICON PAINTER, EGG TEMPERA ARTIST, EDUCATOR Since adolescence, Alina Smolyansky has been a capable artist, initially dedicated to watercolour painting. However, in recent years, after following not only her parents, but also her grandfather into a career in engineering, she started looking for more meaning, both in her life and her art. In 2008, this search brought her to an icon painting class. Inspired by this new art form, Alina now paints traditional Eastern Orthodox icons as well as other paintings, using traditional egg tempera, an over a-thousand-year-old tech­nique. Egg tempera attracted Alina by its simplicity, purity of colours, and above all its history and traditions. Alina’s inspiration stems from Eastern Orthodox icons, mediaeval manu­scripts, and the serenity of nature. Alina is also one of the few teachers of egg-tempera painting and traditional Eastern Orthodox icon painting in North America. Alina holds a BA in Professional Communi­cation from Royal Roads University, as well as a diploma in Architecture. Her works are in private and public collections in Canada, United States, Germany, Great Britain, Aus­tralia, Thailand and Israel. She lives in Vancouver, Canada, and is available for commissions, presentations, workshops, classes. For find out more about the artist and icon and egg-tempera painting, please visit Alina's website: She is also available for commissions.