August 14, 2008
Galina Milton was awed by the opportunity to study with
Burt Silverman. “
Burt Silverman is one of the icons of American portrait painting. said Galina.I was honored to have the chance to study with him.
Galina, who immigrated to the United States from Ukraine, first settled in
San Francisco, where she earned a Master's degree from the Academy of Art University of San Francisco. She later returned to
St. Petersburg, Russia to study with Ivan Vituk and
Konstantin Grachev at the Repin Academy of Art. Though she also paints landscapes, Galina's love is portraiture. Always wanting to improve her skills, she traveled to
New York in July to study with Silverman.
Burt Silverman, (b. 1928), has had 38 solo shows in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and
Washington, D. C. His works have appeared in exhibitions in the National Portrait Gallery, the National Academy of Design Annuals, and the Royal Academy of Art in
London. And he won 32 major prizes and awards from such annual exhibitions as the National Academy of Design and the American Watercolor Society.
Galina had a chance to study for a week with Silverman.The most exciting part of my experience with Burton Silverman was being able to work in the same room with an artist of his great ability, she said. One of the most valuable lessons I learned is that drawing is the attempt to capture the most correct model within the freedom of one artistic expression. The drawing that best captures the three dimensions of a subject also gives us the most honesty about that subject.
Galina Milton's work is presently being showcased in a month-long show at the Reno Co-op Gallery on Mill Streetin
Reno. It can also be seen at the Art Source Gallery and Sierra Artists' Guild Gallery in
Reno.
She is a member of the Oil Painters of America and her painting Nomads in Tibet was included in the organizationâ National Exhibition held in
Missoula, Montana in May. More than 1000 paintings were submitted to the OPA committee and only 200 were chosen for the show, a real honor for the artist.
Galina is also a part time art instructor at TMCC and welcomes private students to her studio.
Joyce Newman, ISA
TRAINED, TESTED, ACCREDITED
Accredited Member
International Society of Appraisers
