Painter Isabella Stefanescu was born in Romania and came to Canada as a teenager. Awarded a Descartes scholarship at the University of Waterloo, she studied mathematics, fine arts and art history.  She then spent two formative years drawing. painting and teaching in Britain and France. Back in Waterloo Region she was one of the foundingl members of Globe Studios, Kitchener's only artist run centre, and a founder of  CAFKA . In 2007 Stefanescu was awarded the K.M. Hunter Prize for emerging  interdisciplinary artists.

Self-Portrait Grisaiile, oil on masonite, 8" x 8"