About the artist

Galina was born in Lugansk, Ukraine, in the time of the Soviet Union at its prime. She had no formal Art education in Ukraine. Russian Art History was part of her education in History.

Art had always been a passion of hers, but the opportunity to work it all into a busy schedule as a student and mother, in Ukraine, never come to pass. Coming to America finally gave Galina a chance to begin to find training in Art. She looked inside of herself and found her childhood dream.

She started with Art Books and touring Galleries. Galina then took local college courses in Fine Arts in Redding, California. In order to grow in the field of Art, she enrolled in a number of workshops, located in the Western United States, with famous artists, including Anthony Rider, David Leffel, Ray Roberts, Ned Mueller, Huihan Liu, and Dan Gerhartz.

After viewing the works of many of the European Artists of the past, in the best European Museums, that included Titian, Michelangelo, French Impressionists and others, she was inspired to use oil as her prime medium. Pencil charcoal drawings are also a prominent part of an artist preparation for Realistic Art. Galina always thought that to be an artist was like being a wizard. She wanted to be a wizard, so she entered the Masters of Fine Arts program with major in Figurative Painting from which she graduated in May of 2007.