STAR"TISTS SPRING FLOWERS ISSUE | Page 99

Magnificent Portraits Galina Alexandrovna Sergeeva was born in Russia, in the city Voronezh. She Grad- uated from Art College. She is an Art and Drawing faculty of Kursk Pedagogical University, holding a Diploma on the thesis - a series of landscapes “His- torical places of Gurzuf” and the accompanying ar- ticle devoted to the features of teaching the open-air painting, A few years has worked as a teacher of paint- ing and drawing at the Art School in Voronezh, then she was engaged in interior and furniture design. Besides easel painting has studied bases and history of origin Palekh (lacquer miniature painting in Old Russian tradition), also icon painting. Worked on various projects in this area, including within some years Galina paint- ed the iconostasis of an Assumption Church in of the Diocese of Lipetsk, Russia. Galina finds inspiration in nature: flowers, incredible mountain landscapes of Crimea, the magic of old historical streets Indian and Russian cities, the beauty of faces of interesting and talent people… The favorite places for painting an open-air – Crimea and India. Her latest solo show was on 25 January to 28 February 2017 at the Palace of Con- gresses, Saint Petersburg. Works are in private collections of Rus- sia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, the USA, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, etc. the countries. In her short interview with me, I could find and know so much about her inspi- ration, dedication and the passion behind this extraordinary artist. 99