Ellie Perla is of German and Romanian descent, and considers herself a cross-cultured world citizen infatuated with foreign lands. Both, her mother and grandmother painted; her grandmother gave her the first set of oil paints at the age of seven. About her art schooling, she said: My teachers were museums and library books. I drew a lot, stared at lights and shadows for hours, copied oil paintings, and I sold the copies to buy more paint. There is not much left to show from these early years, but for the love of art that stayed with me always.In regards to her artistic...more
