Ala Ilescu
Ala Ilescu is a Canadian artist who was born in Eastern Europe. She is a former circus artist and juggler. Being part of a circus family, she traveled everywhere around the world on several tours. She has a University degree in show management.
At the age of 26, she decided to emigrate to Canada, where she met her husband. They have two children together. While in Canada, she retired from circus life and explored other careers like customer service and real estate.
Ala was always a creative person. In 2018 she started painting, exploring different mediums and styles. "I feel like I found myself when I discovered watercolor".
Ala loves painting women's portraits in abstract, fantasy and surrealist styles.
Ala gets her inspiration by reading poems.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Ala Ilescu is a Canadian artist who works primarily in watercolor. She paints beautiful realistic portraits of women and adds an expressive layer of emotion with color and surrealist elements.
She likes to combine the spontaneity of this unpredictable medium with realistic, detailed elements, achieved through a layering technic.
Her paintings are mostly inspired by poetry. She likes to illustrate what poets beautifully describe in words. Ala wants her art to evoke feelings and strong reactions, by challenging the mind and intellect on different subjects.
Ala Ilescu is a Canadian artist who was born in Eastern Europe. She is a former circus artist and juggler. Being part of a circus family, she traveled everywhere around the world on several tours. She has a University degree in show management.
At the age of 26, she decided to emigrate to Canada, where she met her husband. They have two children together. While in Canada, she retired from circus life and explored other careers like customer service and real estate.
Ala was always a creative person. In 2018 she started painting, exploring different mediums and styles. "I feel like I found myself when I discovered watercolor".
Ala loves painting women's portraits in abstract, fantasy and surrealist styles.
Ala gets her inspiration by reading poems.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Ala Ilescu is a Canadian artist who works primarily in watercolor. She paints beautiful realistic portraits of women and adds an expressive layer of emotion with color and surrealist elements.
She likes to combine the spontaneity of this unpredictable medium with realistic, detailed elements, achieved through a layering technic.
Her paintings are mostly inspired by poetry. She likes to illustrate what poets beautifully describe in words. Ala wants her art to evoke feelings and strong reactions, by challenging the mind and intellect on different subjects.
$400.00
Watercolor on paper.
11x15"
Original watercolor artwork "That’s where I draw a line" 2023 by Ala Ilescu Watercolor on 140 lb paper 11" x 15".Vertical position. Signed. This is the original painting from the art/ poetry book that I published in 2023 "My sad is sadder than yours" Here is the poem featured with this painting:
That’s where I draw a line
abusing me from very young
hurtful words, venomous tongue
entangled in your victim game
your personal doormat, I became
the day I realised you'd dimmed my shine
well, that's where I draw a line.
Susannah Lee
$400.00
Watercolor on paper.
11x15"
Original watercolor artwork "I lost my voice" 2023 by Ala Ilescu Watercolor on 140 lb paper 11" x 15".Vertical position. Signed. This is the original painting from the art/ poetry book that I published in 2023 "My sad is sadder than yours" Here is the poem featured with this painting:
i lost my voice
trying to talk to people
who never listened
i lost my mind
trying to fit in places
i wasn’t welcome at
i lost my heart
sowing my love on fields
that weren’t mine to reap
I lost my soul
defining who i am
by what they said i was
i lost EVERYTHING
to the point
i lost myself
completely.
[ i’m out with lanterns, looking for myself ]
Michaela Malek
$400.00
Watercolor on paper.
11x15"
Original watercolor artwork "Her tears washed up her face" 2023 by Ala Ilescu Watercolor on 140 lb paper 11" x 15".Vertical position. Signed. This is the original painting from the art/ poetry book that I published in 2023 "My sad is sadder than yours" Here is the poem featured with this painting:
and one day
she couldn't stop crying
her tears washed her face
and awakened her
Mehran Hashemi
$400.00
Watercolor on paper.
11x15"
Original watercolor artwork "Her mind is a kaleidoscopic madness" 2023 by Ala Ilescu Watercolor on 140 lb paper 11" x 15".Vertical position. Signed. This is the original painting from the art/ poetry book that I published in 2023 "My sad is sadder than yours" Here is the poem featured with this painting:
Kaleidoscope of chaos
who are we to question?
the workings of her mind
some days, she is flying
other days, twisted in a bind
she is a kaleidoscope of chaos
a colourful mosaic vase
she is a beautiful disaster
her reality, just different from ours
she has suffered through every weather
sunny days, whipping winds and biting cold
praying to be untethered
from a mind, she can't control
labelled neurotic - perhaps a bit erratic
labelled manic - but oh, so charismatic
here comes the psychosis
but what if we drop the diagnosis?
just for a moment
let's not be so serious
allow her to unleash all her hidden genius
and live freely, with her kaleidoscopic madness
would her chaos then transcend
into a peaceful life where she no longer has to pretend?
Susannah Lee
$400.00
Watercolor on paper.
11x15"
Original watercolor artwork "Your wings are not broken" 2023 by Ala Ilescu Watercolor on 140 lb paper 11" x 15".Vertical position. Signed. This is the original painting from the art/ poetry book that I published in 2023 "My sad is sadder than yours" Here is the poem featured with this painting:
Heal & reveal
trauma blocked out your light
blindly led instead
by your minds inner plight
heal and reveal
all words left unspoken
healing has no time limit -
allow your heart to open
Your wings are not broken.
Susannah Lee
$400.00
Watercolor on paper.
11x15"
Original watercolor artwork "Two faced" 2023 by Ala Ilescu Watercolor on 140 lb paper 11" x 15".Vertical position. Signed. This is the original painting from the art/ poetry book that I published in 2023 "My sad is sadder than yours" Here is the poem featured with this painting:
Two Faced
you show one side
but hide the other
say one thing
but mean another
a shady persona
i can't quite understand
it breaks my heart
at your slight of hand
so many ups and downs
and runaround
you've drained my energy
run me into the ground
you say you've changed
like an old stuck record I hear
another cycle of turmoil
will no doubt come and go
well, no more of this turmoil
i can't take this no more
your lying angelic face
can just get right out my door
don't look back or knock again
i have no more to say
i tried and done my best
just go and be on your way.
Donna McCabe