Hi, my name is Irina and I immigrated to New Zealand with my family in 1996.  My biggest passion since preschool has been painting and drawing, but I decided to put it on hold in order to pursue my career as a Professional Dancer after school.  Now that I am a semi-retired dancer I have more time to dedicate to my art and love it! It makes me so happy! I lose all sense of time when I paint and it is often my cat’s miau that brings me back to reality.  I would be honoured to see some of my artworks going to their forever homes today 💗 If you would like to watch me paint I have created a Youtube Channel where I post the videos of my process.  Thank you for visiting! Smile and be happy today!