About Me
Colors and Kindness
As a young girl...
Growing up in an orphanage for almost two decades, simply unimaginable, I was given some advice by a kind old man to not be afraid of colors. I must have been around seven years old when he came to visit me. He wasn't there to adopt me or cause any harm, but somehow I felt a sense of familiarity towards him, despite never having met him before. It was a brief encounter, but it left a lasting impression on me.
As they say, the Universe works in mysterious ways. When I moved to Canada and visited the Homer Watson Gallery, I was immediately drawn to it. The statue of Homer Watson caught my attention from the back corner of the room. I felt compelled to approach it and as I got closer, I couldn't look away. His features were just as elegant, loving, and familiar as the ones from my childhood memory. The words "Don't be afraid of colors" took on a new significance for me.
My journey as an artist began in 2018, despite having no formal training. I've always been drawn to colors and emotions, using them to express myself in a way that my words cannot. Painting became my thing because it allows me to see the beautiful, meaningful, and interesting things in my life, I can share with others. And that is the real beauty of all. Sharing. I wouldn't necessarily call myself an artist; instead, I see myself as an observer, a deep thinker, trying to connect dots together. Creating art gives me a voice that I never had before. As an infant, my voice was brutally silenced when I entered the orphanage, where I spent 20 years of my life without being able to express myself.
If you find my paintings beautiful, then simply put, THANK YOU.
Yours,
EvaNali
