Dasha is a 26-year-old artist who was born in a small city called Lipetsk, Russia but moved to the US when she was 10 years old. She currently resides in Maryland after spending more than 3 years living in Oaxaca City, Mexico where she was inspired by the vibrant art scene. She has had a few shows at the local galleries and has brought a new and exciting style to the city. She also got very inspired by the beautiful traditions of Mexico and started creating "Day of the Dead" theme paintings. She has always been very artistic and creative and has made art for as long as she can remember, always drawing or painting, going through sketchbook after sketchbook. When she was in middle school, one of the art teachers noticed her talents and made her apply to an art magnet high school "Carver Center For Arts and Technology." She got in and studied painting and sculpture there. She received many awards when she was younger, including first place in the Maryland antidrug poster competition and two silver keys in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. When she got older, her mom started taking her to art museums in every city they traveled to, and Dasha fell in love with impressionism. Her biggest influences have been Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, and Edgar Degas, who inspired her to appreciate the curves and softness of the female form and face. Since then, she has completed dozens of commissions and reached new heights with her paintings. Some of them are hanging on walls in cities like London, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. Dasha focuses on sensual portraits of women and captures emotion in all her paintings by focusing on the eyes and hands. She chooses this subject because she wants to show women through the eyes of a woman because historically women have always been painted by male artists. She believes hands play just as powerful and critical of a role as the eyes and that so much can be told with a gesture of the hand. She tries to experiment with every painting but always keeps this core idea in each one. Dasha mostly works in oil paints but occasionally likes to sway from her usual style and adds in mosaics, glass, and acrylics. She creates work that provokes the viewer to feel and truly connect with the painting. She is fueled by an eagerness to grow in her craft and create constantly. Her pieces range from portraits to sensual work.