SZ

ART

My Story


Hi, I am Svitlana Zagor, a self-taught visual artist.
I live in Maryland, near the beautiful Lake Linganore.
I create traditional and realistic paintings by using acrylics. My favorite things to paint are landscapes, flowers, animals, and portraits.
* * *
I love God’s creation and rejoice in beauty of the nature.
Earlier in my life I couldn't see that much because of being a "prisoner" of endless routine daily tasks.
But there was a day when everything had changed.
It was the day when I lost my job, which I always saw as a purpose of my life. On that day I lost myself, I lost my identity.
I needed a new vision for my life, I needed a PURPOSE to move forward.
While I was crying and praying to God, I had an inner vision of flowers, swans, water, sky, and rising up sun, and I heard inside of my heart words saying that art is the part of my identity, and I can create beautiful paintings.
That day became a new start and a new beginning for me.
* * *
​
I see art as the one of the mysteries of this world.
It brings messages to the people without saying a word. It can make you laugh or cry, sad or happy; it can recall your memories or swirl your imagination.
There is an endless list of the mysterious affections that art has on people’s lives.
* * *
Every painting I made I love like my newborn baby. It was conceived inside of my spirit, grew in my soul, and delivered through the works of my hands.
* * *
I am seeing myself as the "brush" in the hands of my Heavenly Father, and as co-worker in His art workshop.
* * *
I have never learn how to paint. It is a pure gift which was hidden inside of me for decades, and because of that I give all thanks to the God, who through my faith in Jesus Christ revealed it to me during that prayer, setting me free from the prison of darkness.
* * *
I do what I do is to express God’s love to everyone, to enlighten people's lives, and to give hope and the future.
May your journey in the world of these paintings bless you and bring you peace.
​* * *
HeARTfully,
SvitLana
