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Alina Deutsch was born in Bucharest, Romania and has lived in the United States for the last 40 years, mostly in Westchester County, New York. In addition to being both a successful electrical engineer and a cookbook translator and publisher, she enjoys painting and multi-media crafts. In this, she has been inspired by her mother, Estera Rogers, now 88, who has created beautiful oil paintings for many years. Both women have followed in the footsteps of their relative, Klein Hanni, who painted in her native town of Deva, in Transylvania, throughout her life. Alina has been creative for over 35 years but 2009 has given her a new impetus. She retired from her engineering career and found new solace in her art. Suddenly she felt re-energized and confident, as if reconnecting with an old friend, her love of painting. She is now devoting her full-time to creative pursuits.
Alina has painted with acrylic on canvas and large straw mats, created large wall-hangings made of felt on canvas, and built various Styrofoam and wire constructions. She is a self-taught artist that has visited major museums around the world, countless art galleries, and artist studios. She has also taken numerous art history classes. She is a member of the Katonah Museum Artists' Association.
She considers herself a contemporary impressionist with a strong preference for pointillism. However, she always keeps the figurative undertone even in her abstract pieces. Alina is primarily inspired by the brilliant spring and fall colors of her Chappaqua residence, with its rich foliage and rolling hills, as well as the many wonderful places she traveled around the world. She continues to explore the hidden beauty in the natural environment and considers many of her creations to be allegories of the hidden treasures that life can offer us everyday.
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