I have always loved painting. From childhood, I have enjoyed mixing different colors and smelling fresh paint.  My favorite technique is still gouache. Using gouache, I can express the manner in which I see and feel the world around me. However, I am experimenting with oil and acrylic these days. I like to paint landscapes of architecture and flowers. 

In my artwork, I like to combine the rich sensuous color of nature with an impressionistic manner of painting that I studied in Russia.  

My favorite times are when I can be outside with my easel, working. I am very happy to live here because the North Carolina weather allows painting outside all year round.