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 Natalia'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.....

New retail, store front and gallery.

OPENING OF THE ART GALLERY   JANUARY 2012

27256 Fraser Hwy  ALDERGROVE BC

Tue-Sat  10-5pm

Natalia's  Current Exhibits are the Race Track Casino;CLOVERDALE, Friday, Saturday, November  27,28; 10-5. A one month long exhibition of The Miniature Collection  at the Place des Arts in the French Quarter  at 1120 Brunette Ave in Coquitlam opening reception, vine and cheese, 18 November 2012; 7.30pm; White Rock Market 2012;

Art Craft Bazaar at the Landmark Center  in Aldergrove; The Surrey Board of Trade Offices. In July , 2012 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- from July9-17,2012...  http://www.harrisonfestival.com