The Gunnar Nordstrom Gallery is pleased to offer new works by Russian  born and Newport Beach California artist, Svetlana Shalygina.

Originally  from Efremov Russia, Shalygina has traveled the globe in search of  personal space and creative expression all the while romancing her  palette with human inspiration from Moscow and St. Petersburg to Paris,  Milan, Vienna and the American West.

The foundation of Svetlana's  unique style is the poetry and beauty she treasured as a child, and the  love she still feels for her Homeland. The core of her creative  expression is both personal and nostalgic—to the point she was  originally reluctant to share her vision openly with others. Her  maturing style has been strongly influenced by her love of nature and  her interest in human behavior and emotion.

Raw and enigmatic, her  work captures the emotion of a moment to the aura of a location steeped  in warmth or a frosty encounter of challenged words and feelings.