I was born in the USSR. My father was a military pilot and our family moved from one garrison to another. I learned to play the piano at a musical college in the Voronezh Region. Then I studied in Estonia, at the Tallinn Academy of Music and Theatre. Music became my guiding star and inspiration.

During the years of Perestroika, I found myself in the city of Bremen in Germany, where I set up my own business, which brought me self-confidence and inner freedom. I remembered my childhood dream of doing art, of drawing, and I followed that, graduating from the School of Design in Moscow.

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The next stage of my life took place on Cyprus. The sea, the sun and the mountains filled my inner creative ‘water well’.

Finally, I was ‘born’ as an artist, and music helped me in this. When I draw, I listen to classical music. You can see my works in the book “Art Collector’s Choice” which was published in London, and was part of international exhibitions in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Taiwan, and China.

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In 2020 in London, Dr Pauline Long, the Nobel Prize laureate, handed me the award of the WAW (Women Appreciating Women) foundation for being an artist who inspires.

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I started writing not long ago and, as with all emerging authors, I first described my life story. The book ‘The Pink House on a Hill’ was nominated for a Russian national award: ‘The Best Writer of the Year 2020’.

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In that book I look for answers to such questions as “Who am I?”, “Why have I come to this world?”, “What things has life taught me?”, “Have I reached my goals?”, “Does my story finish here or are new discoveries in store for me?”

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I wrote the book “Platres: A Royal Resort” for the 100-year anniversary of the royal resort.

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I write stories about traveling and meeting people, and about how amazing life is!