Alissa Mihai
Alissa Mihai | Printmaking | Devon
Alissa works from home in her kitchen. She is primarily a relief printmaker and is largely self-taught with the help of several courses in the last few years.
Alissa is fascinated by people; the jobs they do and the hobbies they have, the pets they keep and the strange juxtapositions that daily life throws up. She has, in pursuing this, sat and drawn in lots of coffee shops, been the artist in residence for the North Devon Symphonia, watched and persuaded family members to hold still and let her photograph or sketch. She has always kept sketchbooks which are full of written ideas as well as drawings.
Inspiration comes from walking on Exmoor or the beach with the dog and thinking through the ideas, so although not generally a landscape artist it is time in the landscape which crafts the prints.
Alissa loves the whole process from drawing and carving the block to proofing and printing. She has a sense of humour and takes commissions - are they connected? Maybe and sometimes!