Anna Blazhiyevska has a solo exhibit featuring her canvas paintings at the Alcosta Senior & Community Center Gallery from May 1-29.

As a native Ukrainian, I juxtapose the centuries-old European folk tradition of painting on wooden eggs with the practice of painting on canvas. By painting on an organic, curved surface instead of a flat canvas, my miniature 'eggscapes' represent the beauty of natural landscapes while echoing the Earth's curvature. I like working with wood because it’s a warm material that evokes a feeling of sunlight. Through my work, the traditions of the old world are placed side-by-side with a modern style of painting. In my canvas paintings, I combine living and inanimate nature. Exploring these opposite sides of life, I aim to reveal the magic in the complexity around us. Each painting becomes an experiment, allowing me to explore relationships between simple objects and their place in my world.