Check out Ali Rose Dachis’ Artwork

Today we’d like to introduce you to Ali Rose Dachis.

Ali Rose, we’d love to hear your story and how you got to where you are today both personally and as an artist.
It all starts with my mother. But doesn’t it always? She has been and continues to be an inspiring force of creativity and good in my life. She encouraged and fostered my creativity with art projects galore throughout my childhood. All I wanted was to be an artist just like her, then I found the theater and fell in love again. My creativity began to express itself through many different avenues, but shortly after my first few performances onstage I decided to make theater my focus, thinking I had to choose. Through my teens and most of my adulthood, I continued to draw and paint but only for fun, and those who saw that work were very few. As theater is a tricky mistress, I often had time between shows to myself and noticed I needed a creative practice that demanded depth. During this time, I was asked to create a Ketubah (Jewish Marriage Contract) for my dear friend’s wedding. I spent time digging deep into my creative journey and painted her and her partner something that will now hang in their home as a representation of their love and commitment forever. Talk about pressure! Talk about excitement! The more I dove into this painting and journey the more I felt myself. Over the next year, I began a Ketubah business where I work with couples to design and hand paint their personalized work of art. This opened up my love for painting so wide that even deeper work that was inside my soul started pouring out. I am so grateful to be in a place where I can barely keep up with the current flow of inspiration.

We’d love to hear more about your art. What do you do and why and what do you hope others will take away from your work?
My art is created from a place of tension that is then released into a visual reality. I am currently fascinated by how we see and are seen as women, and what is actually at play internally. I explore the outer edges and limitations of our bodies and create movement and tension internally with water and ink. I begin painting only using water, and then drop in ink and let it move freely. I gently focus it in a specific direction and saturation to tell a story and create tension and movement internally. I work with a clear outline of a body, Sometimes my own, sometimes other women who have generously donated their time and image to me, and move from there. My work is the visual space for the spiritual and emotional expression of women as full, complex beings.

How can artists connect with other artists?
Time spent alone can be the best way to look internally and create true full expression without outside noise. I say welcome the time alone! Also, it’s important to have social time that has nothing to do with creating art so that you can take care of yourself as a human person. I am still creating an artist community, but I have found that whenever I reach out to an artist that I admire, via social media, in the real world (galleries, friends, etc..), they are so open to creating a connection because we are all looking for it.

Do you have any events or exhibitions coming up? Where would one go to see more of your work? How can people support you and your artwork?
You can see my most recent work on instagram : @mayimarts

Visit my website at: Mayimarts.com or my Patreon Page for tutorials, and other fun updates: https://www.patreon.com/mayimarts

Contact Info:

• Website: www.mayimarts.com
• Email: alidachis@gmail.com
• Instagram: @mayimarts

Image Credit:
Ali Rose Dachis

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