Ludmila Curilova
Born in Kishniev, Moldova, Ludmila Curilova was introduced to fine art by her father; a stage set painter in the Central Ballet Theater. Her formal art education began at the I.E. Repin School of Fine Arts and continued in Moscow.

Ludmila's work is influenced by illusory theater art and it retains the decorative quality of a fairy tale setting. Within her paintings on paper and canvas, warm, rich colors glow with an almost magical essence. At times her figures exist in a subdued dreamscape amidst fruit and flowers. Metallic paint is added for refinery onto textiles and surfaces of bowels and pottery.

While Ludmila uses traditional media and tools: acrylic paint, brushes and art knives, she also experiments with small clay sculptures - hand building and hand cutting the pieces and then finishing them with stains and glazes.