Since early childhood, Dutch-born Toronto artist Elsha Leventis (nee Brommet) has doodled eyes on every available surface except her passport. After taking Drawing for the Absolute and Terrified Beginner at the Art Gallery of Ontario in 1997, she has never looked back. Within two years she was immersed in the Ontario College of Art and Design's full-time Drawing and Painting program, where she discovered kindred spirits with a familiar penchant for doodling on any surface and an aversion to early mornings.

Elsha's thesis at OCAD focused on exploring eye imagery, which morphed rather speedily as the deadline loomed into her award–winning body of work called Eyescapes. Elsha's paintings have appeared in numerous juried shows, including The Artist Project, Toronto Art Expo, and the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, in national media such as the Globe and Mail, Canadian House and Home, and Style At Home, for a brief second in a movie (The Sentinel) and at the Interior Design Show – in HGTV host Sarah Richardson's showcase home in February 2008 and The Artist Project booth in 2010.

Elsha co-runs RedEye Studio Gallery in Toronto's Distillery District and paints in her fabulous studio the Casegoods Warehouse.

Image is Peripheral Vision I, 12 by 12 inches, oil on wood panel