Ellie Perla is of German and Romanian descent, and considers herself a cross-cultured world citizen infatuated with foreign lands. Both Ellie’s 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.’
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