Alisha Ambrose’s artistic journey began as a child where she spent hours in her father’s studio and dark room in New York City. She relocated to Rhode Island as a teenager, spending hours on the ocean.
Alisha attended the University of Rhode Island where she earned a degree in applied quantitative economics and - in order to stay sane - also earned a degree in art studio, her true love.
After university, Alisha spent a decade in Edinburgh, Scotland. There she immersed herself in the financial world, while spending her free time exploring the Scottish Highlands and Island and traveling across the globe.
Alisha’s career may have been in finance, but she was always creating. After 30 years of working in finance, a life-altering accident happened, and everything changed. While on the way to work she was rear-ended by a distracted driver, resulting in a traumatic brain injury, and spent 12 months in a darkened room - recovering.
Alisha emerged a different person, no longer able to work on a computer and battling the onset of daily migraines - she felt lost. She lost her career as an investment director.
Alisha was lost until she turned back to her love of art and the process of creating. She remembered her time at art school and how happy she was there. In art school she focused on print making, so she decided to once again pick up her carving tools and a linoleum block and get back to carving.
Almost 18 months after Alisha’s life-altering accident she had found her way back to her true love; the love of creating art and creating art that makes people smile.
Alisha finds inspiration from the ocean and coastal areas throughout the world. She lives in Narragansett, Rhode Island with her fiancée and youngest son.
Website: https://www.alishaambrosestudios.com/
Social: https://www.instagram.com/alishaambrosestudios/
