The Art of Natalia

Images selected from her lifetime collection of drawings allow her to revisit sites of her personal history and her homeland. It is almost as if she has caught two Russia's: The Russia of the Czars and the New Russia of the Bolshevik Revolution. Yet never are the two fully integrated. A parallel universe of opulence and splendor and the stark reality of Communist Russia infiltrates through scenes of architecture new and old, side by side.

The juxtaposition is often incongruous and unsettling, both real and surreal, much like Natalie's two lives must be; there is something very grand and amazing about it but it's also very dark and tragic. Her large oils carry these ominous feelings.....

Natalie's  current exhibits are at the Place des Arts on Brunette Ave in Coquitlam , the Abbotsford Art Councils Art Gallery on Ware St in Abbotsford, Flex Tone at the Landmark Center  in Aldergrove; The Surrey Board of Trade Offices, On July 5/6 and July 11/12/13,2008 she will be at the Harrison Festival of Art at Harrison Hot Springs, BC. Canada, home of the world renowned World Championship Sand Castle Competition - www.harrisand.org