Alisa Shirkhanyan

-Take a pencil and try to draw something. It seems you have a good perception of light and colors.

-Yes, but I have never drawn anything, neither shown any talent at school…
-Just try it… you don’t risk anything.
It was 1998 that my colleague believed in me and made me discover a completely different world – the world of art and emotions. I discovered myself, I discovered another person deep asleep inside for so many years.
Soon, instead of shopping in nice shops, I was enthusiastically shopping different brushes, canvases, oil and sketchbook in small and crowded boutiques and enjoying trying different techniques of painting. Who could have thought of it before! Nevertheless, after two years or so, everyday life problems took away all the spare time and space and I soon found myself returning back to my previous life where light and colors did not matter.

I can not recall exactly the moment in 2015 when I felt the urge of painting again. I surprised myself by the joy and happiness of undusting my brushes. Now I am self-taught painter and never tried to take lessons from professional artists and get academic knowledge. I get inspiration from music, my dreams, my feelings and the nature where everything exists in harmony and love.