Dear Alyssa, Your paintings are hauntingly beautiful of colorful emotions and complex feelings. How long did it take you to achieve the level of perfection that we see in your work? Thank you, that’s great to hear. I started painting at about 8 years old and kept it up all through my adolescence. I think that helped me to get a familiarity with the materials and create a relationship with the medium. It also created an obsessive curiosity in me that led me to study with many different teachers and eventually to the NYAA where I did my graduate work. |
Photo: courtesy of the artist |