Svitlana Zagor is a self-taught artist who creates paintings with oils and acrylics in a style of a traditional realism, and drawings with graphite pencil.

 

Svitlana was born in 1973 in Siberia. Her father has a Poland-Russian roots, and her mother is from Ukraine.

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From generation to generation it was her family tradition to handmade embroidery pictures of surrounding nature. So love to art was implanted into Svitlana's heart from her early age.

 

Because she was very passionate with helping people, she choose to work in a medical field knowing that there will be many people in a desperate need to be heard, comforted, and helped physically and emotionally.

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Three decades of working as a Registered Nurse contributed to form her very sensitive, gentle, and at the same time strong character.

In 2006 Svitlana, her husband and their two sons moved from Ukraine to the United States where she continued to work as a Registered Nurse.

 

In 2018 they moved again, but now from New York State to Maryland.

 

In 2021 a huge changes took place in her life. It can be compared to finish writing one book and starting another one.

 

At that time she was in a desperate need for help.

Serious health problems required Svitlana to stop working as a nurse, and she felt like a big part of her heart was gone forever.

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“Who am I now? What is the purpose of my life?"- was the cry of the her soul.

 

She is a believer and a follower of Jesus Christ, so she was seeking answers in prayers.

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True desire of her heart to live a purposeful  life was answered in a couple of weeks, when during a prayer she was reminded about her family and love toward the art.

 

It was the Light in the darkness! It was the New Beginning!

 

Life again started to have its purpose. Knowing that art speaks to the hearts of the people, she realized that she could continue to help them by bringing love, joy, and hope through her artworks.

She realized that all decades working as a nurse were just times of preparation for the bigger mission.

That mission is to bring healing to the brokenhearted, to give a “medicine’ of art to those who are in need of it. It is the “medical field”, but in another dimension.

 

One of her first artworks was a painting “Soul”, and it was published in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Art Magazine “Meraki” in 2021, and later in Canadian International Contemporary Art Magazine "Artistonish" in March, 2024(issue #44)

Another painting by the name "New Beginning" was published in the Canadian International Contemporary Art Magazine "Artistonish" in February, 2024 (issue #43)

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Since then, she is making commissioned works and participates in art shows at different galleries in Maryland, USA.

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In 2023 she joined the Frederick County Art Association (FCAA) in Maryland, and in 2024 served as a recording secretary of the Board of Directors of FCAA.

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In 2024 Svitlana joined Maryland Society of Portrait Painters in Annapolis, MD.

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Currently, Svitlana resides near Frederick, MD USA, and her family is a great support for her in this new chapter of her life.

She continues to sharpen her skills and to grow in the art community as an artist.

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